[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 45 (Friday, March 10, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H2992]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                  SCORE ANOTHER ONE FOR THE TAXPAYERS

  (Mr. CHABOT asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. CHABOT. Mr. Speaker, score another victory for the American 
consumer. Today this House, after years of failure, will finally bring 
about common sense legal reform. Another promise kept by the new 
Republican majority, and soon we will keep another promise. We will 
again honor our Contract With America by passing real welfare reform.
  We will pass this legislation with the help of people. People on 
welfare need to break the bonds of dependency. They need hope, not a 
handout. We will send a clear message that those who are able to work 
will work to support themselves and their families. Those who can work 
but will not will no longer get a free ride at the expense of those who 
have traditionally footed the bill.
  Mr. Speaker, in the coming days we will hear more of the same from 
our liberal friends. There will be whining and weeping and gnashing of 
teeth. They will play fast and loose with the truth. But we will fight. 
We will fight for real welfare reform.
  It is time that the hard-working taxpayers of this country finally 
get a break. It is time for welfare reform. We will finally deliver 
that to the American people, who have been demanding it for such a long 
time.

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