[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 142 (Tuesday, October 4, 1994)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
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[Congressional Record: October 4, 1994]
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                 WORKING TO RESTORE THE AMERICAN FAMILY

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                            HON. RON PACKARD

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                        Tuesday, October 4, 1994

  Mr. PACKARD. Mr. Speaker, the American family is being torn apart at 
the seams. The liberal leadership has stripped the American people of 
economic opportunity and has fostered a society dependent on social 
welfare.
  Big government's effort to fight poverty taxes not only our 
pocketbooks, but the moral fabric of our society--the family. Great 
society hopes have dissolved into communities infested with drugs, 
violence and fatherless children. Liberal big government efforts to 
alleviate these social ills instead fosters a new epidemic, a society 
absent of values.
  I believe we must seize the opportunity to make real changes which 
offer real results based on the belief that less government is more and 
that personal responsibility is paramount. That is why I signed the 
Republican contract with America.
  The American people are fed up. While Congress promises solutions, it 
has delivered very little. Americans no longer trust Congress to get 
the job done. Republicans are working to restore that lost confidence. 
Contract with America is a solemn promise to the American people that 
we mean business.
  Republicans are offering more than just words, we promise real 
changes. We pledge to restore those policies which will once again lead 
the American people down the road to the economic prosperity and hope. 
The American family must be saved.

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