[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 200 (Friday, December 15, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H14936]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                      CONFIDENCE, HOPE, AND GROWTH

  (Mrs. SEASTRAND asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Mrs. SEASTRAND. Mr. Speaker, America has been blessed with many good 
things. We are the richest, most productive Nation ever in the recorded 
history of mankind.
  Today, the Congress and the President are locked in a conflict over 
the budget. And to paraphrase the Gipper, Ronald Reagan, it is conflict 
not really between two parties, but between two differing visions of 
the future.
  One is a vision of fear and limits. The Republicans vision is one of 
confidence, hope, and growth.
  Republicans want the best for the American family. We believe our 
middle-class tax cuts are profamily, progrowth, and prowork.
  Liberal Democrats, on the other hand, want the best for the American 
Government. They love higher taxes, more rules, more regulation, and 
bigger bureaucracies.
  Mr. Speaker, this battle over the budget is not a choice between left 
or right, it is a choice between up or down. I, for one, want the 
American people to progress and for the Government to live within its 
means.

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