[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 140 (Friday, September 30, 1994)]
[House]
[Page H]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]


[Congressional Record: September 30, 1994]
From the Congressional Record Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]

 
                  GOP URGED TO RELEASE THE SECRET LIST

  (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 of this week, Republican House 
Members and candidates from across the country stood on the steps of 
the Capitol to sign a contract with the Republican leadership. The 
feel-good contract proposes more tax cuts for the wealthy, increased 
defense spending, and a secret plan on how to pay for it all. But, that 
is not the only secret of the contract.
  Now that this budget-buster has been widely panned for being a 
cynical, election-year gimmick, the Republican leadership is keeping 
the names of contract signers secret. The same party that led the fight 
to make the names of discharge petition signers public, now has its own 
secret list.
  If the Republican leadership truly believes in open government, it is 
time to prove it. The American people have a right to know which 
candidates signed a contract to explode our deficit--a $1 trillion 
explosion--which candidates signed a contract to cut Social Security 
and Medicare; which candidates signed a contract to bring back the star 
wars program. Release the secret list.

                          ____________________