[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 86 (Wednesday, June 12, 1996)]
[House]
[Page H6275]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                               JUST DO IT

  (Mr. SMITH of Michigan asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. SMITH of Michigan. Mr. Speaker, this afternoon and evening we 
have discussed a budget resolution in our goals to eventually achieve a 
balanced budget. It makes me think, after listening to much of the 
discussion of what we should do, of the Nike running shoe ad that says, 
``Just do it''.
  We hear a lot of rhetoric about the fact that we should cut down on 
some of the wasteful spending. I say just do it. We hear a lot of 
discussion about let us lower some of those overwhelming taxes that we 
have imposed on the American working people. I say let us just do it. 
We have heard a lot of talk about how we change welfare, how we admit 
that welfare programs have been unsuccessful for the last 40 years and 
they need changing because we have taken the spirit away from people by 
giving them something for nothing. In changing the welfare program, I 
say just do it.
  It is like the Nike ad on just doing it. It is not easy, it is going 
to be tough, but we have to just clench up our fists, we have to 
tighten up our stomachs and tighten up our dedication and just do it.

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