[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 139 (Thursday, September 29, 1994)]
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[Congressional Record: September 29, 1994]
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                    MORE EMPTY PROMISES FROM THE GPO

  (Mrs. MEEK of Florida asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Mrs. MEEK of Florida. Mr. Speaker, the Republicans are pouring old 
wine into new bottles.
  Mr. Speaker, in 1980 a group of Republican candidates came to the 
Capitol steps and pledged that, if elected, they would enact a supply-
side miracle that would raise defense spending, cut taxes across the 
board, and still eliminate the deficit in 4 years.
  Ronald Reagan was President, the Senate was controlled by 
Republicans, and a coalition of conservative Democrats combined with 
the Republicans and took effective control of the House. They rammed 
their supply-side quick-fix through the Congress, and claimed it would 
solve all of our problems.
  Well, as they say, ``The Rest is History.''
  We all learned the hard way that neither a family nor a nation can 
increase spending, cut income, and produce anything but a financial 
disaster.
  After the 1980 mess: Deficits exploded to four times the previous 
highs; the national debt quadrupled; and the rich rode a gravy train 
while everyone else paid the bill.
  Mr. Speaker, this country has been digging itself out from under the 
mountain of debt and the terrible unfairness left by that Republican 
magic. And now in an incredible display of contempt for the 
intelligence of the American people, House Republicans are betting 
Americans will have forgotten the wreckage produced by their first 
contract.
  The Republicans now want to do it all over again.
  Their latest contract calls for: Another round of defense spending 
increases, and a longer list of pie in the sky tax cuts.
  What they do not tell us is that their contract will do two other 
things: First, blow a $1 trillion hole into their balanced budget 
promise; and second, produce another tax windfall for the wealthy while 
leaving the middle class and the poor behind.
  Mr. Speaker, the Republicans are simply looking to the past for 
answers to the future. This contract is not only reckless but 
deceptive.

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