[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 102 (Thursday, July 11, 1996)]
[House]
[Page H7270]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                           BOB DOLE'S AMERICA

  (Mr. FOGLIETTA asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. FOGLIETTA. Mr. Speaker, what is Bob Dole thinking? What is his 
vision for America?
  The answers to those questions are slowly coming out.
  First, we are told that America is a place where cigarette smoking is 
not addictive. He lectures all of America and experts like C. Everett 
Koop on the issue and says he opposes President Clinton's efforts to 
take cigarettes out of the hands of our young people.
  Now we are told that the Brady bill was not a good idea and that he 
would repeal the law's reasonable 5-day waiting period. That should not 
be a big surprise, because he led the fight against the law as the 
Senate Republican leader. This comes at a time when President Clinton 
is leading the fight to end gun killing violence. He announced a 
program this week to disarm America's kids.
  The visions of the two candidates is clear and distinctly different. 
Bill Clinton sees America where our children are healthier and safer. 
Bob Dole sees an America where kids have a nonaddicting cigarette in 
one hand and a pistol in the other. Lucky for us that kids do not have 
three hands. What's next, Bob Dole?

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