[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 2 (Thursday, January 5, 1995)]
[House]
[Pages H130-H131]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




       WHO WAS HELPED AND WHO WAS HURT AFTER FIRST DAY'S ACTIONS?

  (Mrs. CLAYTON asked and was given permission to address the House for 
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[[Page H131]] minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Mrs. CLAYTON. Mr. Speaker, we worked from yesterday until early this 
morning. We now have nothing to do on the floor for the next couple of 
weeks. At the end of each day, I believe it is important to be honest 
and to ask the question: Who was helped and who was hurt by what we 
did?
  Do not get me wrong, Mr. Speaker, we passed important reforms, many 
of which Democrats had pushed last Congress.
  But, who did we help, and who did we hurt? The jobless remain 
unemployed. Those without health care still don't have it. Our young 
have no new direction. The chill of winter is certain to claim the 
lives of some homeless people. And, no hope was given to small farmers.
  We have been asked to meet the challenge of change, but what did we 
change on day one and day two of this Congress? I ask my colleagues in 
the majority, what did we do to reinforce families? What did we do to 
restore the American dream? What did we do last night to take back our 
streets? Who did we help?
  I would suggest that when it is summed up, all we did was make a move 
for news; those suffering citizens got nothing.


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