[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 2 (Thursday, January 5, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H130]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


         THE MOST PRODUCTIVE FIRST DAY IN CONGRESSIONAL HISTORY

  (Mr. BURR asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. BURR. Mr. Speaker, in our Contract With America, my Republican 
colleagues and I promised that on the first day of the 104th Congress 
we would make dramatic changes in the way Congress does business.
  Yesterday, during my first day as a new Representative from North 
Carolina's Fifth Congressional District, we kept our word. We voted to 
make Congress live under the laws it imposed on the rest of the 
country, to cut congressional committee staffs by one-third, and to 
limit the term of committee chairmen, and yes, the Speaker of the 
House.
  Our first day in office was the most productive first day in 
congressional history, and I was encouraged that many of the reforms 
were supported by Republicans and Democrats alike.
  During the next 99 days and throughout the next 2 years we now face 
the challenge of passing the reforms demanded by my constituents and by 
all the American people. The American people want and deserve the 
reforms. Today I urge my colleagues to join me in fulfilling the wish 
of the American people.

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