[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 117 (Friday, August 2, 1996)]
[House]
[Pages H9838-H9839]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




        REPUBLICAN CONGRESS KEEPS COMMITMENTS TO AMERICAN PEOPLE

  (Mr. GUTKNECHT asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. GUTKNECHT. Mr. Speaker, in November 1994 the American people sent 
a very clear message and Republicans were elected to restore the bonds 
of trust between the American people and their Government.
  We have cut spending and are continuing on the path to a balanced 
budget. We are returning power and decisionmaking ability to States and 
local governments. We are eliminating the failed welfare state that has 
entrapped fellow Americans in poverty and despair. We passed health 
care reform

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legislation to make it easier for people to have insurance.
  Rather than impose government mandates and create more bureaucracy, 
Republicans are getting government out of Americans' lives so they can 
do more for their families, children, and communities.
  This Republican Congress is historic because we are keeping our 
commitments to the American people to end business as usual in 
Washington.

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