[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 6 (Wednesday, February 4, 1998)]
[House]
[Page H244]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                     THE ERA OF SMALLER GOVERNMENT

  (Mr. KINGSTON asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. KINGSTON. Mr. Speaker, 2 years ago on the lectern to my right 
behind me, the President stood up and said the era of big government is 
over. Hence, enter into, I guess, the era of the smaller government. 
And then this week, as he announced his new $100 billion increase-
spending budget, he said we are at the end of an era. So I guess what 
the President was saying is that the era of big government being over 
only lasted 2 years, or about 23 months if we are counting.
  What else does he say in this new era? Nationalize health care; 
nationalize Federal day care programs; expansion of the sinking 
Medicare program, causing more problems for our Nation's seniors; and, 
of course, paying millions and millions of dollars to that favorite 
U.N. organization.
  We in the Republican party hate to see the era of smaller government 
being over with. We think that it should continue. We support smaller 
government and lower taxes; stronger families, not a stronger 
Washington bureaucracy. We support a stronger military, not a stronger 
Saddam Hussein. We support stronger local governments and less 
influence outside of Washington.

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