[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 33 (Wednesday, February 22, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H1973]
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               NEGATIVE SIDE OF THE CONTRACT WITH AMERICA

  (Mr. WILLIAMS asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. WILLIAMS. Mr. Speaker, yes, 50 days the Congress has now been in 
session. How are we doing? Well, we passed a couple of bills that are 
not too bad. They are almost identical to bills the Democratic Congress 
passed the last time; that is, the line-item veto, making Congress live 
by the laws that we pass.
  What else have we done? Well, we have taken cops off the streets, 
attempted to return to the billion-dollar nonsense of star wars, 
allowed governments to break down your door without a search warrant 
yesterday, stopped tax credits for many American small businesses.
  Giving this Congress credit for the actions of these first 50 days is 
like giving a driver's license to a teenager based on the number of car 
accidents he has had.


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