[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 140 (Friday, September 30, 1994)]
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[Congressional Record: September 30, 1994]
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                     DEMOCRATS' LACK OF IMAGINATION

  (Mr. THOMAS of Wyoming asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. THOMAS of Wyoming. Mr. Speaker, last Tuesday the Republicans did 
indeed unveil a plan, in response to America's demand for change. 
Called the contract with America, it is a positive plan to end once and 
for all the same old, stale old, status quo in Washington.
  What has been the Democrat response? The carping criticism of closed 
craniums that cannot imagine having a record they could run for instead 
of running from. They cannot imagine offering the opportunity to debate 
issues that are important to America, rather than special interests. 
They cannot imagine giving America a chance to shut down the Washington 
spending machine with a balanced budget amendment.

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  They cannot imagine putting aside personal responsibility, putting it 
back into the Nation's life and pulling big government from it. They 
cannot imagine any of those because they go right on like a stake in 
the heart of the Clinton agenda, an agenda that seeks to insert the 
Federal Government into every nook and cranny of the American life, 
from health care to welfare. Democrats cannot imagine ending big 
government, big taxes, and big bureaucracy.

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