[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 146 (2000), Part 18]
[House]
[Page 25938]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



                      HIGHER PRICES WILL NOT WASH

  (Mr. KNOLLENBERG asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. KNOLLENBERG. Mr. Speaker, how much is enough indeed, Mr. Speaker? 
The Clinton-Gore administration keeps asking for more and more and more 
from the American people, more and more in the way of money for their 
liberal special interests; billions and billions of dollars, in fact. 
But as if that were not bad enough, the Clinton and Gore administration 
demand to take even more of America's freedoms. They take and they take 
and they take. Their big government philosophy crowds out room for our 
freedoms.
  Let me just give one timely example from this past month. The Clinton 
and Gore administration want to take away our freedom to select washing 
machines, air conditioners, and heat pumps and to force us to pay 
hundreds of dollars more for products that we refuse to buy. They 
proposed that rule just last month on October 5, 2000, which would 
steal that much more of our liberty. How much is enough? When the big 
hand of the Federal Government opens the door to our homes and invites 
itself in, it is time to say enough is enough.

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