[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 11 (Thursday, January 19, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H334]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                            THE REAL ISSUES

  (Mr. BALLENGER asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute.)
  Mr. BALLENGER. Mr. Speaker, what are the real issues facing Americans 
today? Nonexisting payments for book deals or House historians who are 
on the job for 1 day? I do not think they really care about that. 
Americans are concerned about the economy. They are concerned with how 
our Government affects their lives, they are concerned about their 
children's future. Republicans are ready to debate the real issues 
facing Americans today. We are ready to clean up Congress and that 
huge, overbloated Federal bureaucracy. We are ready to pass legislation 
that our constituents want, like a ban on unfunded mandates and a 
balanced budget amendment. I implore my colleagues from the other aisle 
to join with us in a bipartisan fashion to change Congress, not change 
the subject.

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