[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 10 (Wednesday, January 18, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H299]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         CONTRACT WITH AMERICA

  (Mr. BOEHNER asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. BOEHNER. Mr. Speaker, our Contract With America states on the 
first day of a Republican Congress, our House will force Congress to 
live under the same laws as everyone else, cut one-third of committee 
staff, and the congressional budget, and, ladies and gentlemen, we have 
done that.
  In the next 86 days, we will vote on the following 10 items: A 
balanced budget amendment and line-item veto; a new crime bill to stop 
violent criminals; welfare reform to encourage work, not dependence; 
family reinforcement to crack down on deadbeat dads and protect our 
children; tax cuts for families, to lift Government's burden from the 
middle-income Americans; national security restoration to protect our 
freedoms; the Senior Citizens Equity Act to allow our seniors to work 
without Government penalty; Government regulation and unfunded mandate 
reforms; commonsense legal reforms to end frivolous lawsuits; and 
congressional term limits to make Congress a citizen legislature once 
again.
  This, ladies and gentlemen, is our Contract With America.
  

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