[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 33 (Wednesday, February 22, 1995)]
[House]
[Pages H1976-H1977]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


              CONTRACT WITH AMERICA NOT HELPING AMERICANS

  (Mr. WARD asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  [[Page H1977]] Mr. WARD. Mr. Speaker, today marks the 50th day of the 
new Republican leadership and in all honesty I cannot say that one life 
of an average American has been significantly helped.
  In fact, Mr. Speaker, the lives of average Americans have been 
greatly harmed due to the proposals set forth in the so-called 
``Contract With America.'' During the first 50 days of this session, 
not one job has been created, not one family is more secure, not one 
working, middle-income individual is better off, and not one child is 
more secure.
  While the Republicans have spent these first 50 days fighting for tax 
cuts for the wealthy of society, we Democrats are fighting for a 
minimum wage increase to make work pay and break the cycle of welfare 
dependency. While Republicans are proposing cuts on Medicare and AFDC, 
we are fighting to save Medicare and protect child nutrition programs, 
which are so vital to many poor children.
  If the current proposals continue, children will be the real losers 
under this contract.


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