[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 135 (Thursday, September 26, 1996)]
[House]
[Page H11234]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




   THE 104TH CONGRESS, THE MOST SIGNIFICANT CONGRESS IN A GENERATION

  (Mr. HERGER asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. HERGER. Mr. Speaker, this Congress has been the most significant 
Congress in a generation. We have changed Washington and we have ended 
the culture of spending.
  In less than 2 years, we have enacted congressional reform, the 
Telecommunications Act, the Freedom to Farm Act, health insurance 
reform, and genuine reform of welfare.
  And when the Medicare Board of Trustees said that Medicare was going 
bankrupt, Republicans in this Congress listened and we responded with a 
plan to save Medicare so that our parents and grandparents would be 
protected. But Bill Clinton vetoed that plan and liberal Democrats here 
in Congress have resorted to the rhetoric of fear and demagoguery.
  Mr. Speaker, this Republican Congress has a record of accomplishment 
it can be proud of. We have introduced the cool, clear water of common 
sense into a dry and parched land. And we will continue the fight for a 
smaller Government and a brighter future for America.

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