[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 198 (Wednesday, December 13, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H14373]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




               CALIFORNIANS AGREE WITH REPUBLICAN REFORMS

  (Mr. WELDON of Florida asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. WELDON of Florida. Mr. Speaker, I rise this morning to talk about 
the results of an election in California that was held yesterday in a 
Democrat district where a Republican won by almost a 2 to 1 margin. 
Clearly, the people in that district, a Democrat district, understand 
that we are not cutting Medicare, we are slowing the rate of growth of 
Medicare, and they clearly understand that it is extremely important 
that the situation here in Washington has to change. We cannot continue 
to have runaway spending, runaway growth of programs. We have to 
balance our budget, and we have to balance our budget now.
  In sending Tom Campbell to the U.S. Congress, the people of that 
Democrat district are saying the Democrats are not going to get the job 
done, they are going to continue to spend, we are going to continue to 
have deficits, and that we really do need to continue this change, this 
revolution that began in November 1994.
  There will be one more voting with us beginning in a few days, and 
the people in California say they agree with what we are doing.

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