[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 47 (Tuesday, March 14, 1995)]
[House]
[Pages H3095-H3096]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                             MARCH MADNESS

  (Mr. HOKE asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. HOKE. It is the commerce clause, the commerce clause is the part 
of the Constitution that gives the mandate to the Congress to do what 
we did last week.
  Mr. Speaker, March madness usually refers to that time of year when 
all college basketball fans glue themselves to the television and 
become transformed into screaming, raving hoops fanatics. However, this 
year March madness has taken on a few new connotations.
  March madness could refer to the wild distortions that the bitter 
defenders of big Government the liberal Democrats, are spreading about 
the Republican welfare plan. March madness could refer to the scare 
tactics and the false hysteria Democrats have ignited among the poor 
children in America 
[[Page H3096]] telling them that they will starve under the Republican 
majority. Finally March madness could refer to the fact that yet 
another member of President Clinton's Cabinet has become involved in 
yet another ethics investigation.
  Mr. Speaker, what madness is next?
  

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