[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 147 (Thursday, October 15, 1998)]
[House]
[Pages H10920-H10921]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                     HALLOWEEN MESSAGE TO LIBERALS

  (Mr. GIBBONS asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. GIBBONS. Mr. Speaker, Halloween is right around the corner, 
conjuring up all kinds of scary stories. Soon I will gather my children 
around me and tell them just what they might expect from Congress.
  Now, I am not talking about candy, trinkets or toys. What I am 
talking about is bringing home a commitment to a balanced Federal 
budget, real education reform, meaningful tax cuts, a strong military 
force and a real commitment to saving Social Security.
  There is one problem. My liberal colleagues on the other side of the 
aisle would rather have me tell them the

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story of the headless horseman or a bloated bureaucracy, a hollow 
military force and more tax increases.
  Mr. Speaker, no one wants to go home with the liberals' view of 
Congress. Rather, we all want to go home with some great news for 
America's schoolchildren, for America's hardworking families, for the 
men and women who serve in our nation's armed forces, news that we are 
working for them, not some fat-cat bureaucrat here in Washington.
  To my liberal colleagues, I say this: Let us put an end to wasteful 
bureaucratic spending. Help us send Federal education dollars directly 
to the schools and to the classrooms for the benefit of educating 
children. Help us give back hard-earned tax dollars to America's 
hardworking families. Help us make the strength of our nation and our 
national defense a priority again.
  Trick or treat, Mr. Speaker. I yield back big government, scary 
stories, and the headless horseman point of view of my liberal 
colleagues.

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