[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 15 (Wednesday, January 25, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H600]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                            SOUND FAMILIAR?

  (Mr. HAYWORTH asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. HAYWORTH. Mr. Speaker, can anyone seriously tell me what was 
different in last night's State of the Union Address from what the 
President has done in his previous two addresses, I mean besides the 
fact that it was longer?
  There is nothing wrong with the President's words; it is not the 
President's speeches that have put him in the fix he is in, it is his 
actions, and the quicker the President figures that out the better off 
we all will be.
  The President says he wants less Federal spending and a smaller, more 
efficient Government. If that is the case, I hope he supports the tax 
limitation balanced budget amendment that we will vote on today.
  The President says he wants to reduce unfunded Federal mandates on 
State and local governments. If that is the case, he should tell our 
Democrat colleagues to stop these obstructionist tactics we have seen 
that have stalled the reform bill that we have been working on all 
week.
  The President says he wants to end welfare as we know it. If that is 
the case, then he should support the Republican contract bill which 
will fundamentally change the role of welfare in our society. But the 
President probably will not do that, and next year he will come back 
with a speech that will sound familiar to us all.


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