[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 50 (Thursday, April 18, 1996)]
[House]
[Page H3585]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                 RICHARD ARMEY: THE LEADER OF THE CLUB

  (Mr. SAWYER asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. SAWYER. Mr. Speaker, I guess it was in all the papers, but I had 
to see it to believe it. With the Speaker devoting more time to 
campaigning, they said the majority leader would be taking over the 
day-to-day management of the House and that there would be big changes.
  And so there have been. We return to find a whole new way of 
legislating: not by hearings and committee work, but by special theme 
weeks like, the ``Era of Big Government Is Over Week,'' ``Defending 
America Week,'' and--I am not making this up--``Individual Freedom 
Versus Government Bureaucracy Week.''
  It kind of reminds me of 40 years ago when we would come home from 
school to enjoy Jimmy, Cubby, and Annette as they romped through 
``Circus Day,'' ``Talent Roundup Day,'' and everybody's favorite, 
``Anything Can Happen Day!''
  So it must be true. There are big changes. And when people ask the 
musical question, ``Who's the leader of the club that's made for you 
and I?''
  We   can   answer:   R-i-c-h-a-r-d   A-r-m-e-y.

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