[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 33 (Wednesday, February 22, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H1974]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




 WITH NO ESCAPE CLAUSE FROM THE CONTRACT WITH AMERICA, THE PEOPLE SEEK 
                                ANSWERS

  (Mrs. KENNELLY asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute.)
  Mrs. KENNELLY. Mr. Speaker, 50 days into the Contract With America 
and there seem to be more questions than answers.
  I want to know, how do we protect public safety and at the same time 
say we do not need more police on the streets, especially in our urban 
centers that have such problems?
  How do we prepare the next generation to work in a more complicated, 
competitive world and say, ``Oh, no, we don't need student loans 
anymore, and if we have them, they are going to be harder to pay for''?
  How do we stand up for the average working person and at the same 
time say, ``Let's have a tax cut'' that is so big we could not pay for 
it unless we increased the deficit or at least broke our promise to our 
older Americans and decimated Medicare?
  And, finally, how do we protect the Constitution of the United States 
and pass legislation that totally disregards the privacy of each and 
every one of our homes?
  As we move into the second 50 days, these questions are going to have 
to be answered, and I am sure there will be other questions. My only 
hope is that as the American people see what is in this contract, they 
will not wish that they had negotiated an escape clause for their own 
protection.


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