[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]


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                      DOING THE PEOPLE'S BUSINESS

  (Mr. JONES asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. JONES. Mr. Speaker, under Republican leadership, the House is 
working hard to change the way we do the people's business.
  Yesterday, we passed an unfunded mandate reform bill, which will make 
it harder for the Federal Government to tell the American people what 
to do without paying for it.
  Today, we take up the line-item veto, which will make it more 
difficult for Congress to pass wasteful pork-barrel spending projects.
  Mr. Speaker, in the last election, the American people said they 
wanted change.
  They said they wanted a more efficient and smaller Government that 
cost less, spent less, and did fewer stupid things.
  We have heard that message, and in a bipartisan fashion, we are 
working hard to make those changes.
  I urge my colleagues on the other side of the aisle: Let's not bicker 
and nitpick. Let's not unnecessarily slow down the process for purely 
partisan reasons. Instead, let's give the American people the kind of 
Government they really want. Let us work together to complete the 
Contract With America.


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