[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 16 (Thursday, January 26, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H698]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                     ``IT'S THE MAJORITY, STUPID''

  (Mr. FORBES asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. FORBES. Mr. Speaker, Members of the House, as we listen to the 
rhetoric and the misinformation and the scare tactics that are going to 
be on this floor today, I think it is important to remind people that 
it was the Democrats who cut Social Security benefits in the 103d 
Congress by $48 billion, and not one Republican voted for it. And there 
is no threat in the 104th Congress.
  Back in November the majority of the American people spoke loudly and 
clearly when they elected a Republican majority to this Congress; a 
majority of the people embraced the provisions in our Contract With 
America, which includes a balanced budget amendment. A majority of the 
people demanded that we change Congress, and a majority of the people 
sent a message that they want a smaller, less costly, more efficient 
Government. What my colleagues from the other side of the aisle seem to 
forget is that a majority of the people did not elect the Democrat 
President 2 years ago. In fact, only 43 percent of the electorate voted 
for our current President.
  I urge the President and the rest of his party to join with the 
majority of the people in supporting the balanced budget amendment.
  The majority has spoken; it is what they want; it is what they 
deserve.


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