[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 14 (Tuesday, January 24, 1995)]
[House]
[Pages H552-H553]
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          THE PRESIDENT SHOULD READ THE CONTRACT WITH AMERICA

  (Mr. RIGGS asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. RIGGS. Mr. Speaker, I have no doubt that the President's State of 
the Union Address tonight from the rostrum behind me will be a great 
speech. The President always gives a great speech.
  But, Mr. Speaker, the President is a little late. The voters sent a 
clear message last November to Washington, ``Clean up your act and get 
your fiscal house in order.''
  [[Page H553]] The voters elected a Republican majority to disassemble 
the big Government bureaucracy that the Democrats built up over the 
last 40 years.
  Republicans are keeping their promise with the American people 
through the Contract With America, despite the delaying and 
occasionally obstructionist tactics we see on the other side of the 
aisle.
  We are working to reduce the size and scope and cost of government.
  Mr. Speaker, I would like to suggest to the President that for his 
State of the Union Address tonight he should just read the Contract 
With America. These are the issues concerning the people, and these are 
the issues they want to hear the President support tonight.

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