[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 24 (Tuesday, February 7, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H1292]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                     OLD SOLUTIONS TO NEW PROBLEMS

  (Mr. BALLENGER asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. BALLENGER. Mr. Speaker, as Republicans worked to pass an unfunded 
mandate reform bill last week, President Clinton worked to pass another 
unfunded mandate on our private sector.
  Maybe I missed something, but I thought the election of last November 
was about change. So far this year, the only thing the Democrats have 
wanted to change is the subject.
  From the balanced budget amendment to the line-item veto, the liberal 
Democrats have consistently supported the status quo. With the 
President's minimum wage proposal, they have reached back again to the 
past for an issue they hope will help them in the polls.
  But the American people are no longer satisfied with old solutions to 
new problems. They do not want bigger government and bigger mandates. 
They want a more effective and more efficient federal Government.
  I challenge the President to join Republicans in changing the way 
Government works. Let us work together to ease the regulatory burden on 
our small business. We worked together to pass a line-item veto. Mr. 
Speaker, I urge the President to stop changing the subject and work 
with Republicans in changing the Government.

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