[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 137 (Wednesday, September 6, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H8544]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




 MAJORITY OF AMERICANS SAY REPUBLICAN MAJORITY IN CONGRESS IS GOOD FOR 
                                AMERICA

  (Mr. SCARBOROUGH asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute.)
  Mr. SCARBOROUGH. Mr. Speaker, during the August recess I heard the 
same message over and over again, and that is we need to move forward, 
we need to be bold, we need to dare to make differences that the 
Democrats have refused to make for the past 40 years. I bought a book, 
``A Tribute to Robert Kennedy,'' and I read one of the most moving 
speeches, his 1966 speech in Johannesburg. Bobby Kennedy said:

       The future does not belong to those who are content with 
     today, apathetic toward common problems and their fellow man 
     alike, timid and fearful in the face of new ideas and bold 
     projects. Rather it will belong to those who can blend 
     vision, reason and courage in a personal commitment to the 
     ideals and great enterprises of American Society.

  Mr. Speaker, we cannot be content with a status quo. We have got to 
save Medicare, we have got to balance the budget, and we have got to 
reform welfare. That is what the Republican Party has talked about 
doing for the past 8 months. The American people in every poll that is 
cited agree with us. We have to move forward. Fifty-three percent of 
Americans believe that the Republican majority in Congress is good for 
America. Only 33 percent oppose. Sixty-five percent believe that we 
need to reform Medicare in a very important manner. Mr. Speaker, that 
is what we are here to do.
  I ask the Democrats in this body to heed the words of Bobby Kennedy, 
to dare to make a difference, dare to reform this Government, and dare 
to push America into the 21st century stronger than what it was when it 
left the 20th century.

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