[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 143 (Sunday, October 11, 1998)]
[House]
[Page H10517]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                    TIME FOR ACTIONS TO MATCH WORDS

  (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, the President said in his 1996 State of the 
Union address that the era of big government is over. I suppose that 
depends on what the definition of ``is'' is. I suppose that if you look 
at his recent attacks on Republicans in Congress, especially on 
education, the President and his liberal allies in Congress are 
threatening to shut the government down if Congress does not spend more 
money on education and create more education bureaucracy right here in 
Washington. Republicans want to send more money to the classroom. 
Liberals want to give the Federal Government an overpowering role in 
local schools. Republicans think that Federal bureaucrats have done 
enough damage to education, thank you very much. Liberals want to spend 
the money by taking it away from Social Security, while Republicans are 
happy to stay right here and continue to work to get more money into 
the classrooms, while keeping the budget agreement caps which means 
that there must be spending offsets by not taking money away from 
Social Security. If the era of big government is over, then it is time 
for the President's actions to match his words.

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