[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 141 (Tuesday, September 12, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H8731]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                          ATTACKS VERSUS IDEAS

  (Mrs. SEASTRAND asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Mrs. SEASTRAND. Mr. Speaker, we, the new majority, understand what 
some pro-big government groups do not: A smaller Federal Government is 
a better Federal Government.
  In the words of Barry Goldwater, ``A government big enough to give 
you everything is big enough to take it all away.''
  Mr. Speaker, I discovered while traveling in my district the past 
month that when liberals run out of ideas of their own to offer the 
American people, they panic with baseless attacks. But while big labor 
bosses were running attack ads on television against me, I was meeting 
with many of their rank and file to let them know about how working 
families will benefit by balancing the budget, by cutting Government 
spending, and giving working people tax relief.
  While the so-called national environmental groups were polluting the 
environment on the airwaves with fear, I was speaking to my 
constituents about the common sense we are putting in environmental law 
that will give us local control.
  While the AARP mailed misinformation regarding Medicare, I was 
discussing with seniors and my other constituents how we intend to 
protect and preserve Medicare.
  Well, Mr. Speaker, if big government special interests were not 
attacking us, I might be worried we were not doing our job.

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