[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 71 (Thursday, June 4, 1998)]
[House]
[Page H4068]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                     SUPPORT THE BUDGET RESOLUTION

  (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, we have heard a lot of talk about the 
extremist budget by the extremists in the House, the radical 
Republicans.
  Let us take a little walk down history's lane. One hundred thirty 
years ago, the opponents of a better America were calling the 
Republicans radical. They were calling them extreme.
  Mr. Speaker, it was the radical Republicans who fought for and 
succeeded in passing the 13th amendment to abolish slavery, the 14th 
amendment to guarantee the right to life, liberty and the ownership of 
property, and the 15th amendment to give all citizens the right to 
vote. They were called radical Republicans, with extremist ideas.

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  So when you hear the opponents of a better America say the Republican 
budget is extreme, it attacks the poor, remember history, remember our 
heritage. It is not extreme to protect Social Security, it is not 
extreme to limit the growth of the Federal Government, it is not 
extreme to provide a little tax relief for Americans. It is just common 
sense.
  So I urge my colleagues to support the budget resolution.

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