[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 34 (Thursday, February 23, 1995)]
[House]
[Pages H2071-H2072]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                      REMEMBER OLD-FASHIONED IDEAS

  (Mr. GUTIERREZ asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. GUTIERREZ. Mr. Speaker, some of my colleagues like to say we have 
a ``new Congress.'' They are right.
  A new Congress that loves the photo ops of passing a so-called crime 
bill, but votes to take police officers off our streets. A new Congress 
that loves the headlines of talking about moving people from welfare to 
work, but scoffs at the idea of paying Americans a livable minimum 
wage.
  Yes, we have a new Congress. But it has forgotten a lot of old-
fashioned ideas. Like the idea of giving those in need a helping hand--
instead of pointing the finger of blame. The idea that we should help 
our constituents take back their streets from criminals. The old ideal 
that perhaps we should give our kids a hot lunch in their schools.
  And the idea that every American who works hard and sweats and toils 
every day deserves to be able to feed their family and own their home 
and send their kids to college.
  [[Page H2072]] I know that our new Congress does not care much about 
these old ideas. But I guess we Democrats are sort of old-fashioned, so 
we will keep right on fighting for them.

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