[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 11 (Thursday, January 19, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H333]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




       LET US BEGIN TO SOLVE THE SERIOUS ISSUES FACING OUR NATION

  (Mr. WHITFIELD asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. WHITFIELD. Mr. Speaker, the American people are looking to the 
104th Congress more than any Congress in recent memory with hope and 
anticipation that we begin to solve the serious issues facing our 
Nation. Hard-working Americans from across the country have come to 
Washington to discuss tax relief for families, term limits, and 
unfunded mandates. Members of Congress have also traveled throughout 
their districts, their respective districts, talking about crime and 
welfare reform, a balanced budget amendment, and a tax policy that 
creates more jobs and better salaries.
  But, Mr. Speaker, each day on C-SPAN we listen to some--not all, not 
even the majority, but some Members of the Democratic Party--and all we 
hear are attacks on our Speaker, attacks on what he teaches in his 
college course, attacks on what he writes, attacks on what he believes. 
If these senior Members of the opposing party spent more time working 
on substantive legislation and less time attacking our Speaker, this 
would be a better Congress.

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