[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 31 (Thursday, February 16, 1995)]
[House]
[Pages H1892-H1893]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


           ANOTHER HOLE PUNCHED IN THE CONTRACT WITH AMERICA

  (Mr. GINGRICH asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. GINGRICH. Mr. Speaker, as Members know, the country voted in 
[[Page H1893]] November for the Contract With America, and I carry with 
me on a regular basis a copy of the contract. And as we begin to get 
them completed, I try to have a hole punch here.
  No. 6 was strong national defense. We need to ensure a strong 
national defense by restoring the essential parts of our national 
security funding. I am delighted that by a bipartisan vote we in fact 
passed this today.
  This is the third part of the contract we have completed, and so I am 
going to symbolically put a hole in my laminated copy of the contract.
  We will be back next week to do another one.

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