[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 148 (Friday, October 16, 1998)]
[House]
[Page H11028]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


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                 HAPPY TO HAVE BEEN A PART OF THE 105TH

  (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 this morning that this was a 
quote, unquote, do-nothing Congress. I think the liberals think that 
because nothing has happened for the left. I think they must have been 
hiding under their desk. They did start out wanting to spend 150 
billion more dollars on new government programs. They wanted to raise 
taxes by $130 billion, but we did not let that happen. We did balance 
the federal budget, we do have a $70 billion surplus, we have been able 
to strengthen families, strengthen their pocketbooks through lower 
interest rates. We have been able to strengthen our military. Right now 
we cannot conduct a similar scenario like the Gulf War, but we are 
going to strengthen the military. We also provided the first steps for 
strengthening Social Security and Medicare.
  Now the left can claim they got 100,000 new teachers, but nobody over 
there has done the math. If they figure out the math, they only got 
$10,000 per teacher. Who is going to make up the difference? Can they 
find a teacher who will work for $10,000 a year?
  Well, Republicans have a good program for saving schools, for making 
them stronger by getting parents involved. We have done that this year 
in the 105th Congress. It has been a good Congress, a successful 
Congress, and I am happy to be a part of it.

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