[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 136 (Friday, September 27, 1996)]
[House]
[Page H11398]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




         CONTRACT WITH AMERICA HAS CHANGED POLITICAL LANDSCAPE

  (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, 2 years ago I signed the Contract With 
America. I am as proud of that decision today as I was then. I have 
been blessed and honored to have been part of history; to be part of a 
movement dedicated to a brighter and a more hope-filled future for 
America.
  Our friends on the other side like to say we are running from the 
contract. I say horse feathers.
  The Contract With America has changed the political landscape right 
here in Washington, DC. The days of tax and spend are history. No 
longer will Congress levy taxes on the people of this great country for 
inefficient and burdensome bureaucracy.
  Mr. Speaker, 65 percent of the contract is now signed into law. We 
have changed Congress, we have cut spending and ended welfare, and most 
importantly, we have kept our promises.

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