[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 142 (Tuesday, October 4, 1994)]
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     REPUBLICANS SEEK CONTROL, PROMISE TO GIVE CONGRESS A GOOD NAME

  (Ms. DUNN asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. DUNN. Mr. Speaker, many Americans understandably believe that 
after the Reagan landslides of 1980 and 1984, Republicans controlled 
the U.S. House of Representatives. Ronald Reagan forced the Democrats 
to begin to talk about cutting spending. But, the Democrats still 
controlled all House committees, the Democrats still wrote all the 
spending bills, the Democrats still voted for the deficits they now 
decry.
  Since August 20, 1954, not a single Republican has chaired even one 
of the standing committees in the House of Representatives. No 
Republican has served as Speaker of the House, one of the most powerful 
positions in the U.S. Government.
  The last time Republicans controlled the House of Representatives, 
most Americans had never heard of Elvis or Vietnam, or the Beatles. 
Sputnik was still 3 years away, and the American going to the Moon was 
Alice Kramden.
  Mr. Speaker, if we are going to look with a fresh eye at solving 
America's problems, we need to change the party controlling the House 
of Representatives. Let us let the Democrat majority go the way of 
those other relics of the fifties like the hula hoop, the poodle skirt, 
and the Edsel. With Republicans in charge, we will begin to give 
Congress a good name.

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