[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 1 (Tuesday, January 27, 1998)]
[House]
[Page H20]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                    DEMOCRATS UNITED ON BOLD AGENDA

  (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, for the first time since 1969, the 
President of the United States will come into this chamber tonight and 
present the American people with a balanced budget.
  Having accomplished that historic goal, Democrats are not content to 
rest on our laurels. We are moving ahead, united behind the President's 
bold agenda for 1998, proposals that will help middle-class families 
face the challenges they face in their daily lives.
  In the coming months, Democrats will fight for health care coverage, 
for people who may lose their jobs toward retirement age; work to 
ensure high-quality health care through reforming managed care; fight 
for affordable, accessible quality child care for America's working 
families; help more Americans achieve a secure and comfortable 
retirement; help to raise the minimum wage.
  Democrats are united in these goals and in this bold agenda for the 
coming year.




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