[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 138 (Tuesday, October 6, 1998)]
[House]
[Pages H9596-H9597]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




 WHAT A DIFFERENCE IT MAKES HAVING REPUBLICANS IN CHARGE OF THE HOUSE 
                               AND SENATE

  (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, after 2 years of being stricken and 
terrified with a Democrat House of Representatives, a Democrat Senate 
and a Democrat White House, the American people in 1994 changed horses. 
We put Republicans in charge of the House and the Senate, and what a 
difference it made

[[Page H9597]]

as compared to when the Democrats were running the show, pushing for 
socialized medicine, and pushing and passing the largest tax increase 
in the history of the country, pushing for all kinds of new regulations 
on the American families and businesses.
  Republicans got in there, worked for balancing the budget. Now for 
the first time since 1969 the budget is balanced.
  Medicare reform. 1995, when the trustees said Medicare was going 
broke, went in and on a bipartisan basis saved and protected Medicare.
  And on the economy, by slowing down the rate of growth in government 
the economy has moved, and here is an indication of it where the Dow 
Jones industrial average in 1994 was at 3800. By 1998 it had gone 
towards the 9,000 level. That means lots of new jobs for American 
workers, and that shows what kind of a difference the ballot box can 
make.

                          ____________________