[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]




      TIME TO PLACE FAIR VALUE ON THE PRESIDENT'S ACCOMPLISHMENTS

  (Mr. GUTIERREZ asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. GUTIERREZ. Mr. Speaker, tonight our President will come to this 
Chamber to speak on the state of our Union. Many pundits have suggested 
that this is a time to re-evaluate our President. Let me suggest that 
perhaps it is time to place fair value on what he has accomplished.
  In the storm of myths and misrepresentation, much of it from the 
other side of the aisle, we lose sight of real accomplishments that 
affect real people.
  President Clinton, despite partisan opposition, fought for an earned 
income tax credit that brought tax relief to 40,000 families in my 
congressional district alone, and millions in this Nation.
  President Clinton, despite partisan opposition, has achieved the 
largest deficit reduction plan in history, while still creating almost 
6 million jobs.
  President Clinton, despite partisan opposition, has expanded Head 
Start for the children of Chicago and America.
  And President Clinton, despite partisan opposition, has battled to 
take guns off our streets and put more police officers on them so we 
can be safer.
  Mr. Speaker, I urge President Clinton not to re-evaluate but to 
continue to work for working people.


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