[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 135 (Thursday, September 26, 1996)]
[House]
[Page H11232]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




            MORE EXTREMISM FROM THE GINGRICH-DOLE REVOLUTION

  (Mr. PALLONE asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. PALLONE. Mr. Speaker, 2 years ago at approximately this time the 
Republicans held their signing ceremony for their Contract with America 
and its centerpiece, the crown jewel, the tax break, that would have 
primarily benefited wealthy Americans.
  Shortly thereafter, the Gingrich-Dole revolution began, and attempts 
were made to make the largest Medicare cuts in history and the healthy 
care guarantees for children, families, and seniors, and the disabled 
under the Medicaid Program, turn back the clock on environmental 
protection, cut student loans, and eliminate the 100,000 Cops on the 
Beat Program and other effective tools for fighting crime.
  The net results of these extreme Gingrich-Dole proposals was the 
Government shutdown of 1995, and it was the Democrats that ultimately 
stopped these extremist Republican measures.
  One would think that the Gingrich-Dole team learned their lesson, but 
now we hear a repeat, if my colleagues will, on an even grander scale, 
with Dole's new economic plan that would usher in more extremism and 
draconian cuts to vital programs. Again the Democrats will be there 
stopping this Republican extremism.

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