[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 176 (Wednesday, November 8, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H11831]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




 THE NEW MAJORITY IS KEEPING ITS PROMISES; PRESIDENT CLINTON SHOULD TOO

  (Mr. CHABOT asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. CHABOT. Mr. Speaker, many of us promised the people back home 
that when we got to Washington, we would work hard to cut the Federal 
spending here in Washington, lower taxes for the middle class, and 
overhaul welfare. Come to think about it, President Clinton campaigned 
on much the same platform. The difference is, we delivered on our end 
of the bargain by adopting those very reforms. The President, on the 
other hand, has had second thoughts, and third thoughts.
  He promised to end welfare as we know it. Now, he threatens to veto 
welfare reform legislation. He promised a middle-class tax cut. Instead 
he engineered the largest tax increase in peacetime history.
  Now, he threatens to veto legislation that will cut the taxes of 
millions of American working men and women. He promised to cut 
government spending and reduce the Federal deficit. Instead, he 
threatens to veto legislation that will do just that.
  Mr. Speaker, we in the majority have delivered on our promises and we 
hope that the President will follow up on his end of the bargain.

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