[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 137 (Tuesday, September 27, 1994)]
[House]
[Page H]
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[Congressional Record: September 27, 1994]
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               CONTRACT WITH AMERICA IS AN HONEST AGENDA

  (Mr. LINDER asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. LINDER. Mr. Speaker, for too long, the Forrest Gump axiom for 
life, ``you never know what you're gonna get,'' has applied to 
candidates turned Congressmen. Arrival in Washington seems to erase any 
memory of campaign promises. That changes today.
  The contract with America is an honest agenda and it asks voters to 
hold us accountable.
  It is a sad reflection on the Congress that the American people have 
decided that we need term limits. And instead of suing the people of 
our States over their opinion, as some are doing, Republicans are 
listening to them. The contract with America guarantees that in the 
first 100 days of a Republican Congress we will vote on both 6- and 12-
year term limits.
  The Democrat party is constantly negative, constantly looking for 
someone to blame for the problems they created and the failure of their 
policies. They blame the rich or the Republicans or the special 
interest. They refuse to take the responsibility.
  The Republicans have put forward a positive agenda. Americans know 
where we stand and what we will do. Let us watch the other side 
complain.

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