[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 10 (Wednesday, January 18, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H308]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                    WHAT ARE REPUBLICANS AFRAID OF?

  (Ms. McCARTHY asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Ms. McCARTHY. Mr. Speaker, I planned to speak today on the need for 
this body to amend our Constitution to require a balanced Federal 
budget and to urge my colleagues to support the bipartisan consensus 
version offered by the gentlemen from Texas and Colorado and 
cosponsored by a majority of House Members including me.
  Instead, I have been subject to remarks by Members of this body that 
I am attempting to thwart balancing the budget and unfunded mandates, 
adopt a line-item veto and other reforms I support.

                              {time}  1310

  The committees are meeting as we on this floor are attempting to 
speak freely. Gagging the book deal on the House floor is not going to 
make it go away. It is an issue that has captured the public's 
attention. Why are Republicans so afraid of people talking about this? 
The Chair's ruling has made this the only house in the country where 
this issue is not being discussed.

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