[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 177 (Thursday, November 9, 1995)]
[House]
[Pages H11978-H11979]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                TUESDAY'S MESSAGE FROM VOTERS: SLOW DOWN

  (Ms. McKINNEY asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Ms. McKINNEY. Mr. Speaker, on Tuesday, voters across the Nation sent 
a message to the Republican majority in Congress: Slow down.

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  Mr. Speaker, since the elections of 1994, the Gingrich Republicans 
claim to have a mandate to slash Medicare, cut school lunches, 
obliterate Medicaid, and reduce student loans. However, that is not 
what they campaigned on.
  Yesterday, Mr. Speaker, the Republican Party scared away its best 
chance to win the White House in 1996: Colin Powell. In little more 
than 100 years, the Republican Party has gone from being the party of 
Abraham Lincoln to becoming the Virginia Beach chapter of the 
Hezbollah.
  Simply put, Mr. Speaker, the Americans do not want the GOP to crucify 
their Medicare on a cross built by the insurance industry.

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