[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 2 (Thursday, January 5, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H127]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                    REPORT ON CONTRACT WITH AMERICA

  (Mr. BOEHNER asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. BOEHNER. Mr. Speaker, we have 99 days left in our pledge to the 
American people with our Contract With America. Yesterday the House 
fulfilled its promise when we decided to apply all the laws that apply 
to other Americans to the House itself.
  We cut the number of committees and subcommittees, we cut committee 
staff by one-third, we decided to limit the terms of committee 
chairmen, we banned proxy voting in committee, we opened committee 
meetings to the public in all cases except those that involve national 
security, and we decided to change the rules to require a three-fifths 
majority to raise taxes. We are going to eliminate baseline budgeting 
and have real numbers for the first time, and we announced we are going 
to have a complete, comprehensive audit of the House and its books over 
the past year.
  There are 10 items that we are continued to commit to bring to the 
floor over these next 99 days. Republicans in the House are committed 
to doing that. We are committing to the American people to continue to 
live up to the contract that we made with you.

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