[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 15 (Wednesday, January 25, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H595]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                       THE CONTRACT WITH AMERICA

  (Mr. BOEHNER asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. BOEHNER. Mr. Speaker, our Contract With America states that on 
the first day of a Republican House we will force Congress to live 
under the same laws as everyone else, that we will cut one-third of the 
committee staff, cut the congressional budget, and Mr. President, we 
have done that.
  Mr. President, in the next 79 days, we will vote on the following 10 
items: A balanced budget amendment, which begins today, and a line-item 
veto, a new crime bill to stop violent criminals, welfare reform to 
encourage work, not dependence, family reinforcement to crack down on 
deadbeat dads and to protect our children, tax cuts for families to 
lift government's burden from middle-income Americans, national 
security restoration to protect our freedoms, Senior Citizens' Equity 
Act to allow our seniors to work without government penalty, government 
regulation and unfunded mandate reforms, commonsense legal reforms to 
end frivolous lawsuits; and congressional term limits to make Congress 
a citizen legislature once again.
  This, Mr. Speaker, is our Contract With America.

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