[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 21 (Thursday, February 2, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H1076]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                          YET ANOTHER VICTORY

  (Mr. CHRISTENSEN asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. CHRISTENSEN. Mr. Speaker, yesterday ushered in just one more 
victory for the American people. We passed the unfunded mandates reform 
legislation by an overwhelming bipartisan vote of 360 to 74. Once 
again, we have kept our promise with the people through our Republican 
Contract With America. Again, we fulfilled our promise with the State 
and local governments to lift the financial burden imposed on them by 
the Washington bureaucrats.
  We will continue to deliver change today as we begin debate on the 
line-item veto. This bill is yet another mechanism to reduce the size, 
scope, and cost of the Government. And more importantly, this bill is 
yet another step toward the completion of the Contract With America.
  We are working hard. We are keeping our promise. We are changing 
Government.

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