[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 42 (Tuesday, March 7, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H2733]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                 CONTRACT PUNCHES HOLES IN CONSTITUTION

  (Mr. WATT of North Carolina asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute.)
  Mr. WATT of North Carolina. Mr. Speaker, when I showed up yesterday 
with my hole puncher in one hand and the Constitution in the other hand 
and represented that the Contract With America was beginning to punch 
holes in the Constitution, I got calls yesterday saying, ``Are you 
crying wolf?'' So I went back and here is the record.
  Line item veto, article I, section 1.
  Effective death penalty action, habeas corpus, article I, section 9.
  National Defense Revitalization Act, this review commission, article 
II, section 2.
  Exclusionary Rule Reform Act, fourth amendment, punched a hole.
  Takings legislation, fifth amendment, punched a hole, America.
  The Contract With America is punching holes in our Constitution. As 
the Speaker comes in here to punch a hole in this contract, they are 
punching a hole in the Constitution of the United States.

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