[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 136 (Friday, September 27, 1996)]
[House]
[Page H11401]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




      THE AMERICAN PEOPLE CANNOT AFFORD ANOTHER GINGRICH CONGRESS

  (Ms. DeLAURO asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. DeLAURO. Mr. Speaker, these are the last hours of the Gingrich 
Congress. American families are breathing a sigh of relief that this 
extremist Congress is leaving town. Two years ago Republicans marched 
up Capitol Hill, taking over the people's House and shouting for 
revolution. But now the American people understand what they meant.
  It meant $270 billion cuts in Medicare to pay for a tax break for the 
wealthiest Americans. It meant cutting student loans by $10 million to 
put college even further out of the reach of working middle-class 
families hoping for a shot at the American dream, and then exposing 
workers' pensions to raids by corporations, making retirement even less 
secure, rather than honoring a lifetime of hard work.
  But the most amazing revelation of all comes from the House 
Republican whip, the gentleman from Texas, Tom DeLay, who says, ``We 
wouldn't change a thing.'' The American people cannot afford another 
Gingrich Congress.

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