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




    THE CRY FOR CHANGE AND REFORM HAS NOT GONE UNHEARD IN THE 104TH 
                                CONGRESS

  (Mr. BALLENGER asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. BALLENGER. Mr. Speaker, in 1994, the American people delivered to 
this Congress a message of frustration and hope that a new legislature 
with fresh faces and a fresh commitment to honor the voice of the 
people that would radically alter the political landscape.
  Their cry for change and reform did not go unheard.
  In this Congress, we have changed the way Washington works and given 
the power back from where it came--the people in the States and cities 
and towns with real problems and real answers.
  In this Congress, we passed real welfare reform, giving hope and 
opportunity to those who were trapped in a system that robs people of 
their dreams and dignity.
  In this Congress, we forced this very body to live under the same 
laws and rules as those who elected us. We are no longer accountable to 
ourselves, but to the American people.
  There is still a long road ahead of us to accomplish everything that 
the American people set before us. But we will remain faithful to their 
message and continue in the right direction.

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