[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 34 (Thursday, February 23, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H2070]
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                 PRESIDENT CLINTON USING SCARE TACTICS

  (Mr. TIAHRT asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. TIAHRT. Mr. Speaker, I do not think the President really 
understands what happened last November. I think he is trapped in a 
1960's time warp. He seems hopelessly married to big-government ideas 
of the past, and he is using scare tactics to save big-government's 
agenda.
  Yesterday Mr. Clinton was accusing Republicans of wanting to kill the 
school lunch program. This is absolutely not true. Mr. Clinton's 
problem is that he thinks he knows more about the needs of students 
than the 50 State Governors. He thinks that the bureaucrats here in 
Washington can do a better job of setting standards than the local 
school districts. I say to my colleagues, ``Let me tell you I trust 
Governor Bill Graves and the local school districts of Kansas a lot 
more than I do any Beltway bureaucracy.''
  Mr. Speaker, if the President wants to continue to engage in this 
type of blatant political propaganda and demean his office in the 
process, he is free to do so.
  Mr. VOLKMER. Mr. Speaker, Mr. Speaker----
  Mr. TIAHRT. But while he is busy resurrecting the sixties, we will be 
working hard for the people by getting America ready for the next 
century.
  Mr. VOLKMER. Mr. Speaker, I demand that the gentleman's words be 
taken down.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The words will be taken down.
  The Clerk will report the words.

                              {time}  1030

  Mr. VOLKMER. Mr. Speaker, I withdraw my demand that the words be 
taken down.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Ewing). The gentleman from Missouri 
withdraws his demand that the words be taken down. The time of the 
gentleman from Kansas has expired.

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