[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 10 (Thursday, January 25, 1996)]
[House]
[Page H840]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                    ACTIONS SPEAK LOUDER THAN WORDS

  (Mr. KNOLLENBERG asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. KNOLLENBERG. Mr. Speaker, I wonder if the President has joined 
the flood of other former Democrats that have switched parties? If you 
watched the same State of the Union speech I did, one might think so.
  But it is really not what the President said that matters, because he 
had said it all before. What matters is what he does.
  I was hoping the President would present a real plan to reduce the 
size of government, lower taxes, save Medicare, and reform the failed 
welfare system.
  Instead he gave us a mirage filled with double speak. It looks good 
from a distance, but the closer you get, the more you realize nothing 
is there. The President cannot have it both ways.
  Our future is too important to risk with a mirage. Now it is time to 
draw the line in the sand, and stand up for our principles.
  The old adage is ``Actions speak louder than words.'' The President 
has given us a lot of words. Now he needs to follow up with his 
actions.

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