[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 152 (Wednesday, September 27, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H9509]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




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                    PROMISES MADE AND PROMISES KEPT

  (Mr. RIGGS asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. RIGGS. Mr. Speaker, these claims coming from the other side of 
the aisle would have a little more credence if in fact House Democrats 
had put forth their own plan for preserving and strengthening Medicare. 
And let us get one thing straight right now. We have had dozens and 
dozens of hearings in the House of Representatives on what we must do 
as a nation to preserve and strengthen Medicare.
  I wanted to rise today, though, to point out that 1 year ago I and 
more than 300 Republican candidates for Congress stood outside the 
steps of this historic building and signed our name to a Contract With 
America. Let me read the very first sentence of the contract: ``As 
Republican Members of the House of Representatives and as citizens 
seeking to join that body, we propose not just to change its policies, 
but even more important, to restore the bonds of trust between the 
people and their elected officials.''
  Mr. Speaker, last January a new majority took control of this House. 
We came, we saw, and to date we have kept our word. So let us never 
forget, Mr. Speaker, the power of promises made and the power of 
promises kept.

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