[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 128 (Thursday, August 3, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H8312]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                 REPUBLICANS ARE KEEPING THEIR PROMISES

  (Mr. WHITFIELD asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. WHITFIELD. Madam Speaker, yesterday we were treated to a 
tremendous display of partisan rhetoric on the floor of this House.
  Madam Speaker, most of yesterday, liberals took to the floor and 
accused Republicans of being extremists, mean-spirited, and shameful. 
The experiment in big government that was started in the 1960's has 
failed. It is over. We will not keep pouring hard-earned tax dollars of 
the American people down a huge sinkhole of debt just to support a 
bloated, ineffective government.
  Madam Speaker, the American people want a balanced budget, they want 
to eliminate duplicative and wasteful programs, and they want, in 
short, to transform government to be effective and provide the needs 
that the American people demand.
  Madam Speaker, we are going to keep our promise on this side of the 
aisle to reduce the size and cost of government and to create effective 
programs that work.

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