[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 37 (Tuesday, February 28, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H2320]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


               REPUBLICAN MAJORITY OUT OF THE MAINSTREAM

  (Mrs. LOWEY asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Mrs. LOWEY. Mr. Speaker, today's New York Times poll demonstrates 
that the new right-wing Republican majority is thoroughly out of the 
mainstream and completely out of touch.
  On issue after issue the American people overwhelmingly reject the 
extremist proposals being offered by the right-wings Republicans.
  Just look at the Republican agenda: They refused to protect Social 
Security from the budget ax, they gutted legislation to put 100,000 new 
police on the beat, they promise to cut student loans, and they slashed 
school lunches for hungry children.
  To middle-class parents struggling to send their children to college 
the Republicans say: Tough luck. They tell 7-year-old children who 
cannot afford a school lunch: Go hungry. To seniors worried about 
Social Security the Republicans say: Take our word for it--the check's 
in the mail.
  Mr. Speaker, Democrats know that the American people want sensible 
change--not a radical right-wing revolution. It is time for the 
Republican reign of terror to end.

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