[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 24 (Tuesday, February 27, 1996)]
[House]
[Page H1261]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                 LET US RETURN TO THE PEOPLE'S BUSINESS

  (Ms. DeLAURO asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. DeLAURO. Mr. Speaker, today the House returns from a month-long 
recess. Our return to work must begin a turn toward the people's 
business and away from the extremist special interest agenda that has 
dominated the first 14 months of this Congress.
  The Republican majority has been in power for over a year now. And 
what do the American people have to show for it? Has this Congress 
given working men and women what they want and need?
  American families want to know they can count on the secure dignified 
retirement they have worked so hard for. But Republicans in Congress 
want to cut Medicare and Medicaid.
  Hard-working American families need a raise--so they can pay their 
bills. But congressional Republicans are cutting education and training 
at a time when workers need better skills to get a raise.
  Mr. Speaker, in pursuit of their extremist agenda, the Republicans 
have launched an assault on working Americans struggling to get ahead. 
The American people deserve better. Let us put Congress where it 
belongs: back on the side of hard-working American families, not 
dancing to the tune of special interests.

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