[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 145 (Tuesday, October 13, 1998)]
[House]
[Pages H10670-H10671]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                            THEY WERE WRONG

  (Mr. HEFLEY asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. HEFLEY. Mr. Speaker, the same people who are whining about a 
``do-nothing Congress'' are the very same people who accuse the 
Republicans of being ``extremist'' for proposing to reform welfare.
  They were wrong.
  They are also the very same people who attacked Republicans for 
reforming Medicare and saving it from bankruptcy for another decade.
  They were wrong.
  They are also the very same people who said we could not balance the 
budget and cut taxes at the same time.

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  They were wrong.
  They are the very same people who had 40 years, 40 years to do 
something about Social Security and did not manage to put away a single 
dime to save it.
  They were really wrong.
  They are the very same people who failed to reform the IRS, an agency 
that routinely trampled on the rights of American citizens. The 
Republican Congress showed them they were wrong again.
  Just look at the record of our liberal accusers and consider their 
credibility.

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