[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 169 (Monday, October 30, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H11440]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                 STANDING UP FOR THE AMERICAN TAXPAYER

  The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mrs. Seastrand). Under a previous order of 
the House, the gentleman from Indiana [Mr. Souder] is recognized for 5 
minutes.
  Mr. SOUDER. Madam Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from Indiana [Mr. 
McIntosh].
  Mr. McINTOSH. Madam Speaker, let me come to a close here and say, no 
matter how much they attack us as individuals, I appreciate all of the 
efforts that each of you have put in in moving this bill forward and 
working with our leadership here, Speaker Gingrich, Majority Leader 
Armey, Majority Whip DeLay, and the leadership in the Senate, from 
Senator Dole to Senator Lott to the Senators who have supported this, 
Senator Simpson and Senator Craig in making this bill a reality.
  They can throw mud at us as individuals. They can run advertisements 
attacking us in our districts. They can impugn our motives and try to 
destroy our reputations in the press. But we were not sent here for any 
of those purposes. We were sent here to stand up for the American 
taxpayer and to do what is right.
  We have now sent notice to this town that we will not rest until we 
have put an end to taxpayer subsidies for the bill lobbying groups here 
in Washington, DC. I think the American taxpayers will be relieved and 
heartened that we are willing to stand up and insist on this reform on 
their behalf.
  I thank all of my colleagues for coming here tonight and working so 
hard to make this bill a possibility.

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