[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 71 (Tuesday, May 2, 1995)]
[House]
[Pages H4448-H4449]
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REVOLUTION SWEEPING ACROSS AMERICA
(Mr. SCARBOROUGH asked and was given permission to address the House
for 1 minute.)
Mr. SCARBOROUGH. Mr. Speaker, it certainly is an honor to be here
this morning, and it was an honor to be back in my district during the
break and see the excitement that people had
[[Page H4449]] about where this country was going, where their
government was going. And to follow up on what a few speakers have said
before me, we are not antigovernment.
This revolution that is sweeping across Washington is not an
antigovernment revolution. When Thomas Jefferson said that the
government that governs least governs best, he was not saying that
being antigovernment. He was saying it being pro-freedom, and that is
what this has been about. That is what this 100 days has been about.
And this is what we are going to do with the next 100 days and the next
2 years; we are going to restore the American dream and, yes, we must
pay tribute to the Federal employees that not only lost their lives but
also those that went out and sacrificed and worked throughout this
tragedy.
But it is our purpose and our function and our goal to free all
Americans from an overbearing centralized bureaucracy, so Federal
employees and all citizens can enjoy the American dream and can look
back to Thomas Jefferson's statement that the government that governs
least governs best as a statement that does not decry Federal
Government but praises freedom in America. That is what the American
dream is about and that is what we are going to be doing the next 100
days, continuing to revive the American dream.
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