[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 143 (Wednesday, October 5, 1994)]
[House]
[Page H]
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[Congressional Record: October 5, 1994]
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               DEMOCRATS FEAR THE SUCCESS OF OUR CONTRACT

  (Mr. BALLENGER asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. BALLENGER. Mr. Speaker, the Republican contract with America will 
change the way business has been done in the House for the past 40 
years.
  Here is the bottom line: Republicans favor congressional votes on the 
balanced budget amendment, line-item veto, welfare reform, family tax 
cuts that are paid for with spending cuts, and term limits. Democrats 
oppose these provisions.
  Our contract guarantees that every penny in cost will be offset with 
spending cuts. Democrats want to keep spending freely even if it means 
racking up huge Federal deficits. They have surrendered to deficit 
spending and now admit they cannot envision a Federal Government the 
balances its budget.
  The American people can now easily see how a Republican-controlled 
House would be different from the past 40 years of Democrat control. 
And that is what frightens the Democrats. As the Wall Street Journal 
put it: ``It's hard to avoid the impression that the critics fear not 
that the contract would fail but that it would succeed.''

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