[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 137 (Tuesday, September 27, 1994)]
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[Congressional Record: September 27, 1994]
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 REPUBLICAN CONTRACT WITH AMERICA IS BOLD EFFORT TO CHANGE POLITICS AS 
                                 USUAL

  (Mr. GOSS asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. GOSS. Mr. Speaker, the House Republican contract with America 
actually is a very bold effort to change politics as usual. The people 
in this country in the last election said they wanted change, and we 
have come forward with some specifics of change that we have pledged to 
make those things happen if we become the majority party here, 
remembering the fact that the other party, our good friends from across 
the aisle, have had the privilege of running this House for 40 years, 
and in those 40 years it seems that the confidence level of the 
American people in this House has dwindled, and dwindled, and dwindled, 
and dwindled. It is now at a discouraging low rate, something like 19 
to 25 percent of the people in this country approve of the way we are 
doing business here.
  Yes, that means a time for a change. If we are going to make change, 
we ought to say what it is we are going to do, and what we stand for, 
and we ought to pledge to do it, and that is exactly what Republicans 
have done in this House today on the steps of this historic building. I 
hope America was listening.

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