[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 81 (Wednesday, June 11, 1997)]
[House]
[Page H3668]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




           PRESIDENT CLINTON REVOKES REAGAN PRO-FAMILY ORDER

  (Mr. CHABOT asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. CHABOT. Mr. Speaker, sometimes we have just got to wonder what 
they are thinking about sometimes down at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. 
What is the President up to now?
  Well, here is a quote from a recent Washington Times article:

       In a single sentence, President Clinton last month quietly 
     revoked an executive order issued by President Reagan that 
     required that all Federal policies be assessed as helpful or 
     harmful to families.

  Now, President Reagan's 1987 order was issued so that any new Federal 
policy would take into account its effects on American families. Now 
that sounds pretty reasonable to me. Apparently, President Clinton 
feels otherwise.
  Mr. Speaker, President Reagan's executive order was issued to protect 
American families from intrusive and overreaching government 
bureaucrats. By revoking that commonsense order, President Clinton 
clearly showed us all where his loyalties lie.
  The score: Big Government 1, American families 0.

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