[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 36 (Monday, February 27, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H2231]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                             MEAN SPIRITED

  (Mr. HAYWORTH asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. HAYWORTH. Mr. Speaker, as we have just heard, some overmodulated 
liberals in the new minority have taken to calling our new Republican 
majority mean spirited. By their curious standards, our attempt to cut 
Federal bureaucrats is mean spirited. Our efforts to reform welfare are 
mean spirited.
  But, Mr. Speaker, it is fair to ask, what is the real definition of 
mean spirited? Is defending a system that wastes the taxpayers' money 
not mean spirited? Is fighting an effort to instill some fiscal 
responsibility not mean spirited? Is continuing a welfare mentality 
that kills opportunity and creates hopelessness not mean spirited? Is 
taking money from future generations to pay interest on our debt today 
not mean spirited? That is why we need the balanced budget amendment.
  Mr. Speaker, defenders of the old order have always accused those of 
us who want to bring change of being mean spirited. I urge those so 
quick to judge us to look in the mirror to see if they can find the 
true culprits.




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