[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 55 (Friday, March 24, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H3735]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                    REPUBLICAN CONTRACT WITH AMERICA

  (Mr. HOKE asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. HOKE. Mr. Speaker, last fall House Republicans entered into a 
Contract With America, for the first time in American political history 
a written contract with the American people.
  We have done more in the first 80 days of this Congress than was done 
in the entire 103d Congress. We have an opportunity to make more 
changes of substance than have been made in the past 10 years.
  Our contract states the following:
  On the first day of Congress, a Republican House will require 
Congress to live under the same laws as everyone else, cut committee 
staffs by one-third, and cut the congressional budget. We have done all 
of that.
  It continues that in the first 100 days we will vote on the following 
items:
  A balanced budget amendment. We kept our promise. We passed it.
  Unfunded mandates legislation. We kept our promise, with your help, 
and we passed it.
  Line-item veto. We kept our promise.
  A crime package. We kept our promise.
  National security restoration to protect our freedoms. We kept our 
promise.
  Government regulatory reform. We kept our promise.
  Commonsense legal reform to end frivolous lawsuits. We kept our 
promise.
  Welfare reform to encourage work, not dependence. We are doing it 
right now. We will pass it.
  Family reinforcement to crack down on deadbeat dads, tax cuts for 
middle-income families, congressional term limits to make Congress a 
citizen legislature.
  This is our Contract With America.
  

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