[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 9 (Wednesday, January 24, 1996)]
[House]
[Page H776]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                           STATE OF THE UNION

  (Mr. CHABOT asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. CHABOT. Mr. Speaker, the President said a lot of the right things 
last night. He says the era of big government is over. He says that he 
now understands that working families are overtaxed. And he even 
implies that he is now willing to sign the welfare reform, balanced 
budget, and tax cut measures that he has vetoed over the last few 
months. Good news, if he means it, very good news.
  If the President now means it and he will support tax cuts for 
working families rather than demagoging about mythical tax cuts for the 
rich, that is very good news.
  If the President now means it that people in Cincinnati should be 
able to keep more of their own money, rather than seeing it wasted by 
high flying bureaucrats like Hazel O'Leary, that is good news.
  In short, Mr. Speaker, if the President now wants to work together 
for tax relief and for an end to big government ripoffs--then I am with 
him all the way. It is great to see that the President is now a fan of 
the Contract With America. I just hope that he realizes that we need 
action and not just talk.

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