[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 46 (Thursday, April 17, 1997)]
[House]
[Page H1622]
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                          NEW DAY IN CONGRESS

  (Mr. SOLOMON asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. SOLOMON. Mr. Speaker, today represents a new day in this 
Congress. The Speaker has accepted full responsibility for the 
reimbursement that is owed to the American people. It is now the duty 
of this Congress to move forward with our agenda, an agenda that the 
American people have asked us to implement.
  That agenda signals a desire to put the country on a new path, a path 
of greater freedom, more personal responsibility and less interference 
from Washington. This represents a change in direction, Mr. Speaker. 
Most Americans agree that the country has been moving in a direction of 
bigger Government, higher taxes and a decay in the American spirit of 
unlimited possibilities.
  I want to renew that spirit. It is a spirit that attracts over 1 
million immigrants to our shores every year. It is a spirit that 
animates freedom lovers from Tiananmen Square to Moscow. It is a spirit 
that tells all American children that they can dream their dreams and 
grow up to be whatever they wish to be and soar to whatever heights 
their talents and efforts take them. Mr. Speaker, now let us move 
forward with that renewed spirit. I thank you for your leadership.

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