[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 14 (Tuesday, January 24, 1995)]
[House]
[Pages H542-H543]
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             REDUCTION URGED IN ROLE OF FEDERAL GOVERNMENT

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under the Speaker's announced policy of 
January 4, 1995, the gentleman from California [Mr. Radanovich] is 
recognized during morning business for 2 minutes.
  Mr. RADANOVICH. Mr. Speaker, even though the State of the Union 
speech is still to come, given the advance reports of the President's 
remarks, I am not hesitant to comment.
  Separate from any specific White House proposal, it is the general 
inside-the-beltway, business-as-usual approach that concerns me. That 
attitude doesn't just come from the White House; but it permeates both 
the public and private sectors of Washington.
  I was elected, Mr. Speaker, to reduce the role of the Federal 
Government, to rid us of regulation, and to put an end 
[[Page H543]] to Federal formulas for everything from cradle to grave.
  What I expect to hear the President say later today will not make 
that happen. His message will speak of a lofty reinvention of 
government, when what we need is restructuring of government--from the 
bottom up.
  A State of the Union Message is called for by the Constitution. So is 
the concept of limited powers to be exercised by the Federal 
Government, and a federation of States to exercise the bulk of 
government powers. The 10th amendment in the Bill of Rights says all 
those powers not allowed to Uncle Sam belong to the States or the 
people.
  Our message to the administration must be ``before you get another 
taxpayer penny for the programs you propose, you must first satisfy us 
in Congress that you have constitutional authority to conduct it in the 
first place.''

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