[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]


    MIDDLE CLASS PROMISED PROTECTION IN PRESIDENT'S POSITIVE AGENDA

  (Mrs. LOWEY asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Mrs. LOWEY. Mr. Speaker, last night the American people heard 
President Clinton present a positive agenda for America's long 
forgotten middle class. He held out an olive branch to my colleagues on 
the other side of the aisle and said the Democrats and Republicans must 
come together for the public good.
  But the President also made it very clear that we will not allow the 
new Republican majority to undermine the progress we have made in 
fighting crime, protecting the environment, and improving education. 
When the Republicans propose radical ideas like eliminating the FDA, 
federalizing divorce laws, criminalizing abortions, and slashing 
Medicare and Social Security, we will oppose them every step of the 
way. We want to move this country ahead to the 21st century, not go 
back to the 19th.
  We are going to continue to fight for our hard-working families. We 
will work to pass a middle class tax cut to help families pay the 
mortgage and send their children to school. We will continue to 
reinvent government and cut bureaucracy, and we will not slash Social 
Security and Medicare. Can our Republicans say the same?

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