[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 137 (Tuesday, September 27, 1994)]
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[Congressional Record: September 27, 1994]
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                CONTRACT WITH AMERICA MEANS REAL REFORM

  (Mr. HOEKSTRA asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. HOEKSTRA. Mr. Speaker, the Republican conference has just 
completed a historic opportunity for the American people. Today we 
stood in front of the American people and outlined an agenda for what a 
Republican majority would accomplish, what we would accomplish in the 
first day of a Republican majority, real reform in the House of 
Congress. Cutting committee staffs, cutting committee funding, opening 
up the committee process. Then we went on and outlined what we would do 
in the first 100 days: real genuine reform, bringing real bills to the 
floor that will allow us to have straight up-and-down votes on real 
bills that will make a difference in the lives of every American, keep 
more money in their pockets, bring less money to Washington. We will 
make sure that we now have a process that says, this country will be 
run not by career politicians but by the American people by allowing 
the first vote on term limits.

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