[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 154 (Friday, September 29, 1995)]
[House]
[Pages H9674-H9675]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                 LIMITING GOVERNMENT AND LOWERING TAXES

  (Mr. LEWIS of Kentucky asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. LEWIS of Kentucky. Madam Speaker, as the gentleman just spoke, if 
Frank depends on the Democrats and the liberals for the next 7 years, 
he will return to those days of yesteryear.
  Madam Speaker, Republicans are not backing down from our commitment 
to balance the budget, cut taxes, save Medicare, and reform welfare. 
Unlike our liberal friends across the aisle, we will not abandon 
Medicare to bankruptcy. We are going to make Medicare better and 
provide more choices. We will also provide tax relief for working 
families. Taxes are just too high and families need the extra money and 
to determine how they will spend their own money.
  I, for one, will not apologize for advocating tax cuts. Besides, the 
President and his liberal friends, against the will 

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of the American people, gave them the highest tax increase in the 
history of the world with the promise they would balance the budget in 
5 years. But if you give a liberal a dollar, they will spend five. They 
did not keep their promise, so let us give the money back.
  Madam Speaker, this debate over Medicare really boils down to two 
assumptions about government: Liberal Democrats believe a big spending, 
high tax government is good. Republicans do not.

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