[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 17 (Friday, January 27, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H808]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


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               CHANGE MEANS LESS GOVERNMENT, MORE FREEDOM

  (Mr. LINDER asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. LINDER. Mr. Speaker, ``The country needs and, unless I mistake 
its temper, the country demands bold, persistent experimentation. It is 
common sense to take a method and try it. If it fails, admit it frankly 
and try another. But above all, try something.''
  These words were spoken by Franklin Delano Roosevelt. True words are 
timeless. Today, the Republicans are going the answer the country's 
demand for less Government and more freedom. Common sense tells us that 
the burgeoning bureaucracy of the past 40 years has failed. So it is 
time to try something else. The balanced budget has passed. A 
presidential line item veto, term limits, cutting spending first, and 
cutting taxes will follow.
  Our country can no longer afford to hold on to the 40 years of failed 
methods simply for sentimental reasons. The rationale that ``that's the 
way we've always done it'' no longer applies. It is not good enough do 
try more and more of the same thing. We must try something different. 
And we will start with keeping our promises.

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