[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 140 (Friday, September 30, 1994)]
[House]
[Page H]
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[Congressional Record: September 30, 1994]
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             CONTRACT BELONGS IN RIPLEY'S BELIEVE IT OR NOT

  (Mr. VOLKMER asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. VOLKMER. Mr. Speaker, Ripley's Believe It Or Not should be 
interested in this week's activities of the Republican Party. On 
Tuesday they join together to sign a contract with their leadership 
proclaiming how they are going to change things in Washington. Before 
the ink had dried on their document calling for a balanced budget. They 
came to the House floor and voted for the Allard amendment which would 
have undone the reorganization of the USDA legislation to cut 7,500 
Government jobs saving millions of dollars. Tuesday they sign a 
document they claim is a contract with Americans, yet yesterday they 
come to the floor of the House and fight to protect lobbyists 
representing foreign interests from having to disclose who they 
represent. Do you really think the American citizens want to protect 
those that lobby against American companies in favor of foreign 
interests, just so you can travel, eat and play for free. The only 
change the Republican contract will achieve is more for the fat cats at 
the expense of the middle class, senior citizens and students. This 
contract belongs in Ripley's Believe It Or Not.

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