[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 137 (Tuesday, September 27, 1994)]
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                   MORE ON THE CONTRACT WITH AMERICA

  (Mr. SKAGGS asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. SKAGGS. Mr. Speaker, it is hard to know where to begin. The press 
is having a field day, as they should, with the contract for America.
  We have ``Voodoo Economics: The Sequel From the GOP Witch Doctors Who 
Busted the Budget, More Tax Cut Sorcery,'' ``GOP Plan,'' this is the 
Wall Street Journal, ``a Plan to be long tax cuts, short on how to pay 
for them.'' The Chicago Sun Times, ``GOP Plan Mortgages the Future.'' 
From the Wall Street Journal, ``Republicans Shoot an Air Ball.''
  ``GOP Shakedown'' from the Washington Post. And also from the Post, 
``GOP can do better than this exercise in election year cynicism.''
  But perhaps the piece that hits it right on the head is from the U.S. 
News & World Report, ``The Price of Pandering,'' which characterizes 
this vain effort by the Republicans the following way:

       Gingrich's list is just a collection of GOP golden oldies 
     that pander to the public's desire to get something for 
     nothing.

  Surely, Mr. Speaker, we can do better by way of a serious debate 
about the future of this country than that.

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