[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 27 (Friday, February 10, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H1560]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                APPROVAL RATING FOR CONGRESS HAS DOUBLED

  (Mr. GANSKE asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. GANSKE. Mr. Speaker, there is a new-found respect for Congress in 
the country. Republicans have only been in charge for 1 month, and the 
approval rating for Congress has already doubled.
  The reason is obvious. Under Republican leadership we are working 
hard to keep our promises to bring big change to America.
  Nowhere is that more apparent than in the crime package we are now 
debating. We are making tremendous progress in ensuring that the 
criminal justice system will be more concerned with the rights of 
victims and society than the rights of criminals.
  And who will benefit most from our rough crime package? The middle 
and lower income classes, who live with violent crime every day. They 
know what we need to do: catch, convict, and confine violent criminals.
  That is what our crime package is all about. And that is why we will 
continue working hard to see that it is enacted.

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