[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 198 (Wednesday, December 13, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H14374]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




          CONGRATULATIONS TO TOM CAMPBELL AND THE NEW MAJORITY

  (Mr. BAKER of California asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. BAKER of California. Mr. Speaker, what a beautiful day it is, 
because in California last night, despite 9 inches of rain, we had 
another Republican victory. I just want to congratulate Tom Campbell 
for his tremendous victory by over 23 points in an election that was 
supposed to be a Democrat victory, but was, instead, a victory for the 
new order here in the House.
  Mr. Speaker, the victory was the American people saying, ``We want to 
go back to the basics. We don't want,'' in Ben Franklin's words, in 
George Washington's words, ``any more foreign entanglements.'' That 
means, Mr. President, get out of Bosnia. We do not want a government 
that continues to spend beyond its means. The American people in the 
15th Congressional District in California said, ``Balance the Federal 
budget.''
  Mr. Speaker, the elderly are not stingy in California. They want the 
Medicare system to be preserved and protected, not only for themselves 
but for future generations. Pass the Medicare reform, pass the free 
market reforms, not more government control and constraint. The 
American people in California are well ahead of us. Congratulations, 
Mr. Tom Campbell. Congratulations, new majority.

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