[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 137 (Wednesday, September 6, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H8542]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                   OUR COMMITMENT TO GET THE JOB DONE

  (Mr. BASS asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. BASS. Mr. Speaker, I am proud to say that today the House 
Republicans are ready to finish the job we started 8 months ago. We are 
ready to balance the budget for the first time in a generation, to help 
save this country for our children and our grandchildren, and we are 
ready to pass a plan that will protect, preserve, and strengthen 
Medicare for our senior citizens.
  We are willing to take the heat on this controversial issue to save a 
broken system that three, I repeat, three of President Clinton's own 
Cabinet secretaries say needs to be dealt with immediately. We are 
ready to pass a plan that will help end our country's welfare system 
that creates poverty, dependency, destitution, breaks up families, and 
discourages people from working.
  We are committed to ending a system that has created debt and has 
rewarded inefficiency.
  We are not afraid to take on the special interests and the status quo 
here in Washington. In fact, the only ones interested in preserving the 
old ways are the defenders of the old order who live and breathe inside 
Route 495 in Washington, DC, and if we learned anything during this 
August recess, it is that the American people want us to stay the 
course and continue with this revolution in 1995.


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