[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 55 (Friday, March 24, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H3737]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                            DEMOCRATS UNITE

  (Mr. RICHARDSON asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. RICHARDSON. Mr. Speaker, last night Democrats united on welfare 
reform. We showed the American people that Democrats from across the 
country, from Mississippi to New York, from New Mexico to Maine, from 
left to right ideologically were able to come together and fight the 
Republican war against hard-working middle-class Americans and 
children.
  Mr. Speaker, there are a lot of Republicans walking around with 
broken arms nursing their wounds because of the pounding they took from 
their leadership.
  Mr. Speaker, the Democratic plan says no work, no welfare. Our plan 
is tough on fraud and abuse in welfare. It cuts Federal bureaucracy and 
gets people back to work. It puts savings into deficit reduction for 
middle-class Americans and prevents Republicans from giving special 
interests a tax cut.
  Mr. Speaker, the Republican contract with special interest America is 
collapsing. Democrats are back. Our contract is with hardworking 
middle-class America and we are going to keep it.

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