[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 33 (Wednesday, February 22, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H1971]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




          NOT EVERYONE IS CELEBRATING THE CONTRACT ON AMERICA

  (Ms. DeLAURO asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. DeLAURO. Mr. Speaker, today, as Republicans plan yet another 
celebratory press conference to congratulate themselves for doing the 
jobs they are paid to do, many Americans are not celebrating.
  Children are not celebrating the fact that Republicans will pay for 
their so-called reform by eliminating all Federal nutrition programs, 
including the School Lunch Program.
  Senior citizens are not celebrating the fact that Republicans will 
balance the budget by putting Social Security and Medicare on the 
chopping block.
  Police officers are not celebrating the fact that the Republicans' 
idea of crime control means taking cops off the street and putting guns 
on the street.
  And, finally, working families are not celebrating the fact that the 
Republicans' idea for cutting waste, means cutting crucial student loan 
programs that have helped to educate generations of middle class kids.
  Once the rhetorical fireworks are over and the smoke has cleared, we 
will be able to clearly see who stands behind the Republican contract--
the very special interest lobbyists they once vowed to drive from this 
town. The first 50 days of the 104th Congress have given the special 
interests plenty to celebrate.


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