[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 64 (Thursday, April 6, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H4342]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                 IS THEIR CONTRACT GOOD FOR AMERICA? NO

  (Mr. WILLIAMS asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. WILLIAMS. Mr. Speaker, my colleagues, I think the Republicans 
indeed do deserve recognition. They said they would bring the contract 
to the floor of this House and attempt to pass it, and indeed they did, 
and I think that the Democrats and Americans have to recognize them for 
that. But the real question for all Americans is:
  ``What's in the contract? What did they pass?''
  Mr. Speaker, I think much of what was in the contract is, by 
definition, extremism. For example, one element to the contract which 
passed this House with Republican votes allows the Government to break 
down our doors, search our homes without a search warrant. One element 
of the contract allows illegal immigrants who commit crimes in this 
country and are convicted of a felony not to go to prison in America, 
but to be sent back home to their own country, presumably so they can 
reenter illegally here.
  Mr. Speaker, last night we passed another element of the contract 
which takes America back to trickle-down economics, a pittance for 
middle-income people, huge tax breaks for the wealthy.
  Did they pass he contract?
  Yes.
  Is he contract good for America?
  No, it is extremism.

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