[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 137 (Tuesday, September 27, 1994)]
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[Congressional Record: September 27, 1994]
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          THE GOP CONTRACT: READ THE FINE PRINT BEFORE SIGNING

  (Mr. SCHUMER asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. SCHUMER. Mr. Speaker, the long-awaited Republican contract with 
America was unveiled today. The Republicans are not back in power, but 
they are back up to their old tricks.
  Imagine, the Republican leadership forcing their candidates to back a 
plan that cuts Social Security for seniors and cuts taxes for the 
wealthy. Imagine, the Republican leadership all forcing all their 
candidates to back a plan that cuts taxes for tycoons who earn major 
league baseball incomes.
  Imagine, the Republican leadership forcing all their candidates to 
back the same warmed-over voodoo economics that put this country $3 
trillion in the hole. Imagine, forcing all of their candidates to 
balance the budget through $60 billion increase in defense. This is 
from the same Republican Party that called the crime bill pork.
  The Republican leadership is creating Stepford candidates, puppets 
who will blindly follow a narrow and bizarre agenda that is not of 
their own making. One final word of advice to Republican candidates, 
not to let a couple of ambitious politicians from Georgia and Texas 
tell them how to represent their districts. They should exercise their 
own judgment, and above all, read the fine print before they sign on 
the dotted line.

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