[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 25 (Wednesday, February 28, 1996)]
[House]
[Page H1401]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                        DISCOVER WORKING AMERICA

  (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, I have always been a little skeptical about 
death bed conversions, and as the bells toll for the demise of the 
Gingrich Republican revolution, we are witnessing an epidemic of 
conversions among my Republican colleagues.
  Suddenly the Republican Party has discovered working America. They 
are desperately trying to convince the hard-working families of this 
country who are struggling to get ahead that the Republican Party is 
their friend. But, in fact, since taking control of this Congress, they 
advanced an extreme agenda that would hurt working men and women of 
this country. Their budget would let companies raid pension funds. They 
would deny the children of working families college loans. Their budget 
would cut Medicare and long-term care, denying families a dignified 
retirement. And they would deny a raise in wages so that, in fact, 
people could pay their bills every week.
  But they, in fact, would provide to the wealthiest in this Nation a 
tax break, and tax breaks that would allow them to continue to reap the 
benefits.
  Mr. Speaker, what the Republican Party really does not understand is 
that the American people are too smart to fall for this. They did not 
buy Newt Gingrich's extreme agenda, and they will not buy this 
election-year gimmick either.

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