[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 2 (Thursday, January 5, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H129]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




           GIVING THE GOVERNMENT BACK TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE

  (Mr. TIAHRT asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. TIAHRT. Mr. Speaker, yesterday was a triumph for the American 
people and the House of Representatives. We accomplished something that 
has been rarely accomplished in the past. We kept our promises that we 
made to the American people. Working with a bipartisan coalition we 
passed on the floor rules to cut committees and staff, ban proxy 
voting, term limits for chairmen of committees, and limitations on tax 
increases.
  We started a revolution to give the government back to the American 
people, a smaller, more effective government that is accountable to 
them, the American taxpayer. I look forward to continuing our 
bipartisan work to pass the rest of the Contract With America. It is 
what we promised the American people we would do. It is a promise we 
are going to keep.


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