[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 15 (Wednesday, January 25, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H601]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




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                           GIVE PEOPLE CHANGE

  (Mr. TIAHRT asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. TIAHRT. Mr. Speaker, it was an honor last night to sit in this 
Chamber and listen to all three of the President's speeches: The one to 
the Republicans, the one to the Democrats, and the one to the people. 
Clearly the President has heard the real State of the Union, which was 
given by the people last November 8.
  However, the President failed to comprehend how serious the people 
are about passing a balanced budget amendment with a strong tax 
limitation. Without a supermajority to raise taxes, Congress will be 
tempted to balance the books on the backs of working families and the 
middle class, and they just cannot afford for that to happen again.
  Instead, each of us needs to make a commitment to spend the people's 
money as if it were our own. We need to sit down in a bipartisan manner 
and get the scalpel out and begin to cut government. Like the President 
said last night, let us change the government; let us make it smaller, 
less costly, and smarter, leaner, not meaner.
  I am here because the people of Kansas wanted real change. Now let us 
put it into action. Let us given it to them, with a balanced budget 
amendment and a strong tax limitation.


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