[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 52 (Tuesday, March 21, 1995)]
[House]
[Pages H3338-H3339]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




            MAKING GOVERNMENT LESS COSTLY AND LESS INTRUSIVE

  (Mr. LEWIS of Kentucky asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute.)
  Mr. LEWIS of Kentucky. Mr. Speaker, straight from the Democratic 
Party propaganda room, I give you the Washington Post's latest poll 
that says the momentum of the Republican Contract With America is 
slowing down.
  Mr. Speaker, it is polls like this and scare mongering by our 
opponents that has given America 40 years of one party rule, bloated 
budgets, arrogance, and a country on the verge of bankruptcy.
  Are the Republicans cutting wasteful spending? Are we working toward 
a balanced budget? Have we begun to end the arrogance of Washington 
knows best? And are we working hard to keep our word to the American 
people? The answer is yes.
  Our journey is a difficult one. Fighting the scare tactics of the 
``let's party on'' crown has not and will not be easy. But the American 
people know better. 
[[Page H3339]] They may have been fooled when they voted for change in 
the 1992 election and ended up with the ``let's party on'' crowd's 
higher taxes, more Government spending, and a proposal for Government 
run health care.
  But the 1994 election was different. And despite the naysayers who 
will fight our efforts every day preserving the status quo, we will 
succeed in cutting the waste and making Government less costly and less 
intrusive.


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