[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 14 (Tuesday, January 24, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H548]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




 THE REPUBLICAN MAJORITY CONTINUES TO PURSUE THE GOALS OF THE CONTRACT 
                              WITH AMERICA

  (Mr. CHABOT asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. CHABOT. Mr. Speaker, I have read a few news reports in recent 
days that suggest the Republicans are cooling on their commitment to 
the Contract With America. Let me just say, speaking for this newly 
elected Republican Congress, that just ain't so. Any reports that the 
Republican majority is backing away from the contract is wishful 
thinking on the part of those who support the status quo.
  The fact is the new Republican majority is here to bring 
revolutionary change to the Congress. The Congressional Accountability 
Act has already been signed into law, making applicable to Congress 
laws from which Congress had exempted itself for years.
  We will soon pass the bill to restrain unfunded mandates. Later this 
week or next we will take up and pass a balanced budget amendment 
containing, I fervently hope, a restriction on additional taxes. One by 
one we will work our way through the contract and fulfill our pledge to 
the American people.
  Mr. Speaker, the Washington establishment and many of the guardians 
of the old order in this House may wish that the Republican majority 
failed, but we will not. The American people will not allow it to 
happen.


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