[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 16 (Thursday, January 26, 1995)]
[House]
[Pages H695-H696]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                        SINGING VERSUS SHOUTING

  (Mr. CHRISTENSEN asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to extend his remarks.)
  Mr. CHRISTENSEN. Mr. Speaker, in his State of the Union Address 
Tuesday night, President Clinton said that in the 1992 and 1994 
elections, we did not 
[[Page H696]] hear the people singing, we heard them shouting. I could 
not agree with the President more.
  But what are the people shouting for? Are they shouting for more of 
the big Government, big spending, liberal ideals that the Democrats 
championed for the past 40 years? I think not.
  The people are shouting for Congress to clean up its act. They are 
shouting for a Government that is smaller, less costly, and more 
efficient. They are shouting for us to pass legislation such as the 
balanced budget amendment to make us get our fiscal problems in order.
  I urge my colleagues from the other side of the aisle to join me in 
voting yes for the balanced budget amendment with a three-fifths tax 
limitation provision. It is what the people are shouting for. It is 
what the people deserve.

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