[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 4 (Monday, January 9, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H152]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                          HONORING COMMITMENTS

  (Mr. CHAMBLISS asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. CHAMBLISS. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to address the House for the 
first time as a Member of the House of Representatives.
  I am very encouraged by what has taken place in this body in its 
first days, and if it is any indication of what is to come for the next 
2 years, we will be well on our way toward achieving what the American 
people sent us here to accomplish.
  I am particularly encouraged by the aggressive agenda pursued thus 
far. The majority party made a contract with the people of this 
country, and as its first acts, we accomplished a very significant 
portion of that contract.
  For my part, I also made commitments, commitments to the people of 
Georgia's Eighth District. As my first official act, I signed on as 
original cosponsor of Mr. Barton's balanced budget legislation. I also 
signed a pledge to the people of the Eighth District to refuse any 
future automatic congressional pay raises with instructions to apply 
the funds to the reduction of this Nation's debt.
  Mr. Speaker, on November 8, the people of this country spoke. We 
should all be encouraged that this body has received the message.

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