[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 14 (Tuesday, January 24, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H550]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                            MINIMUM PROGRESS

  (Mr. GUTKNECHT asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. GUTKNECHT. Mr. Speaker, it is ironic that President Clinton will 
likely urge tonight that we raise the minimum wage as we debate 
unfunded mandate reform in the House.
  This proposal is another unfunded mandate that will kill jobs and 
hurt productivity.
  Does he believe that bigger government, better mandates, and more 
spending is what the American people really want?
  Perhaps that is why he is opposed to a balanced budget amendment to 
the Constitution.
  Mr. Speaker, Republicans disagree. We want to cut spending. We want 
to cut taxes. We will curtail unfunded Federal mandates. And we will 
change the way this Congress does business.
  Tonight the President will reveal his plans for the next 2 years. 
Sadly, those plans will continue the same old tradition of big 
government and big spending. He may talk about the minimum wage, but 
that kind of talk, will lead to minimum progress.


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