[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 139 (Thursday, September 29, 1994)]
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[Congressional Record: September 29, 1994]
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            CONTRACT WITH AMERICA IS A CONTRACT FOR FAILURE

  (Ms. DeLAURO asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. DeLAURO. Mr. Speaker, on Tuesday, Republican Members of this body 
and Republican candidates from across the country gathered on the steps 
of the U.S. Capitol to pledge their allegiance to the GOP agenda. That 
agenda is nothing new. It is the same old combination of increased 
defense spending and tax cuts for the wealthy that tripled our 
country's debt in the 1980's.
  Of the so-called contract with America, David Broder wrote: ``It 
sounds suspiciously like the fairytale economics of the 1980's, which 
landed us in this budgetary mess.''
  The New York Times called the contract ``duplicitous propaganda.''
  The director of Citizens for Tax Justice called the contract ``voodoo 
economics: the sequel.''
  Now that the reviews are in, Republican candidates across the country 
are shying away from the contract. And, the Republican leadership will 
not release the names of the candidates who blindly signed this 
contract for failure. The same party that led the fight to have 
discharge petitions made public, now has its own secret list. Let the 
American people see who signed this contract to cut Social Security and 
Medicare. Release the list.

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