[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 13 (Wednesday, January 31, 1996)]
[House]
[Page H979]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                        OREGON ELECTION RESULTS

  (Mr. BROWN of Ohio asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute.)
  Mr. BROWN of Ohio. Mr. Speaker, yesterday for the first time in 34 
years, voters in Oregon elected a Democrat to the U.S. Senate. Despite 
being outspent over 3 to 1 and largely from Washington special interest 
money, Democrat Ron Wyden was elected to replace Republican Bob 
Packwood. Why? Because Oregon voters are sick and tired of Speaker 
Gingrich shutting down Government in this country, not once but twice, 
and voters are sick and tired of Speaker Gingrich threatening over and 
over to force our Nation into bankruptcy, all because the Speaker wants 
his extremist agenda enacted into law in this country.
  People all over the country are rejecting this kind of thinking. They 
are rejecting cuts in Medicare to give tax breaks to the wealthiest 
individuals in this country. Voters are rejecting cuts in student loans 
and cuts in environmental programs in order to give tax breaks to the 
largest companies in America. That kind of extremist thinking is not 
what the American people want. Let us have a balanced budget that 
protects Medicare, protects the environment, and does not give major 
tax breaks to the wealthiest people in this country that do not need 
it.

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