[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 14 (Tuesday, January 24, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H551]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                           STOP THE BICKERING

  (Mr. LEWIS of Kentucky asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. LEWIS of Kentucky. Mr. Speaker, tonight, as the President 
addresses the Nation, I urge my colleagues on the other side of the 
aisle to reflect on what they have done to reform the government.
  Have they come out in support of a tax-limitation, balanced budget 
amendment?
  Have they fought to reform unfunded mandates, have they embraced the 
Republican-led changes in the way the Congress does business?
  Or have they fought the reforms put forth? Have they tried to 
filibuster, delay, and destroy the Contract With America?
  Mr. Speaker, many House Democrats, guardians of the failed past, have 
come to the floor today and in the past weeks for one reason, to stop 
needed reform of this Congress.
  They attack Republicans on irrelevant issues. They complain about 
fair procedures, they whine when we make necessary cuts.
  The time has come to stop this silly bickering, this endless 
partisanship. Let us work together to complete the Contract With 
America and restore the people's faith in their Congress.

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