[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 31 (Tuesday, February 25, 2014)]
[House]
[Page H1886]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




  LET'S MAKE THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT LEANER, MORE EFFICIENT, AND MORE 
                              ACCOUNTABLE

  (Mr. YODER asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. YODER. Mr. Speaker, during our most recent constituent listening 
tour, I had the opportunity to speak with over 1,000 Kansans, many who 
continue to voice their frustration with a Federal Government that 
seems to create more problems than it fixes and builds too many 
barriers to success for those working to realize the American Dream.
  Mr. Speaker, the House must continue to pass legislation that helps 
regular, average, working American people. Despite the entrenched 
Washington interests, we must remove the Big Government barriers that 
are slowing the drive and ingenuity of our great Nation.
  We must pursue a robust, all-of-the-above energy policy that 
increases domestic energy production, making us less dependent on 
foreign sources of energy, keeping energy prices down for American 
families, and putting tens of thousands of Americans back to work.
  We must reform the Tax Code that is riddled with exemptions and 
loopholes and is unfair to the average American worker. We must put 
forward patient-centered reforms to our health care system that spur 
competition, quality of care innovation, and cost reduction.
  Mr. Speaker, we must make our Federal Government leaner, more 
efficient, and more accountable to the American people.

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