[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 30 (Wednesday, March 18, 1998)]
[House]
[Page H1240]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                       1,000 ONE-MINUTE SPEECHES

  (Mr. HEFLEY asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. HEFLEY. Mr. Speaker, it is my great honor today to give the 
1,000th one-minute speech to the 105th Congress for the Republican 
side, a thousand one-minute speeches in support of the Republican Party 
vision of smaller limited government and the belief that all God's 
children are born with certain inalienable rights that no government, 
no officer of the court, and no politician can ever take away.
  It is a vision that cherishes liberty above all, liberty tempered by 
the necessary moral restraints that are the hallmark of a civilized 
society. It is a

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vision that takes its inspiration from the Founding Fathers of our 
great Nation, Founders who declared our independence, fought a 
revolution against government tyranny, and then after 4 months of 
heated debate and honorable compromise crafted a sacred document that 
is still revered 211 years later. The Constitution of the United States 
is the document that guides us all, Democrats and Republicans, through 
this ongoing experiment in Democratic self-government.
  Let us agree, all of us on both sides of the aisle, that we share a 
common vision that America stands for liberty and the freedom to pursue 
our dreams from sea to shining sea. And may God bless America.

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