[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 137 (Tuesday, September 27, 1994)]
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[Congressional Record: September 27, 1994]
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      WHAT IS WRONG WITH REPUBLICAN CONTRACT WITH AMERICAN PEOPLE

  (Mr. BURTON of Indiana asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. BURTON of Indiana. Mr. Speaker, I am going to speak from the 
Democrat side of the aisle because I want to speak to Democrats, and I 
want them to hear me loud and clear.
  What is wrong with our contract with America? What is wrong with 
bringing a balanced budget amendment to the floor of the U.S. House of 
Representatives? The American people want that, but the Democrats do 
not.
  What is wrong with bringing a line-item veto to the floor of the 
House for a vote in the first 100 days of the next Congress? 
Republicans want it, the people of America want it, but Democrats do 
not.
  What is wrong with bringing tax fairness legislation for senior 
citizens and middle-income families in this country to the floor of the 
House for a vote in the first 100 days? America wants it, the 
Republican Party wants it, but the Democrats do not.
  The problem is, Mr. Speaker, the Democrats in this Congress who have 
had control for over 40 years are out of touch with America and they 
are scared to death that we are going to take over this House come 
January. We believe that too, because we believe for the first time the 
American people are aware of what has been going wrong in this country 
where the Democrats in this Congress have been taking this country down 
the wrong road.
  So I say to my Democrat colleagues, before it is too late, join us, 
wake up, support what the American people want in the Congress of the 
United States.

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