[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 45 (Wednesday, April 22, 1998)]
[House]
[Page H2124]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                     TIME TO HEAL WOUNDS IN SOCIETY

  (Mr. TIAHRT asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. TIAHRT. Mr. Speaker, once again the New York Stock Exchange has 
set a new record as it presses on to the 10,000 mark. Our economy is 
strong nationwide, consumer confidence is very high, and unemployment 
is at its lowest point, with 2,200,000 people working today that were 
on welfare in 1994.
  With all the good things that are happening today, with all the 
benefits from being the strongest market in the world, we have 
overlooked this emptiness in our Nation's soul. The symptoms are 
everywhere. They are in the paper, on the radio, on prime time 
television. People no longer honor their commitments, driving divorces 
up in America. Spousal abuse is up as people deal with life's 
frustrations without consideration for each other. Children are abused 
and forgotten in the whole process as people try to put their lives 
back together again.
  Let us heal these wounds in our society by returning to faith in God 
and the values and virtues that built this great Nation.

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