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Cliff Stearns: last evening the President gave his State of the Union. As I listened, I said to myself, it sounds like the Republican…

On the recordJanuary 24, 1996
last evening the President gave his State of the Union. As I listened, I said to myself, it sounds like the Republican agenda. It is like the President has had a Damascus experience. He was reborn again. Sometimes he is reborn every 3 months. Republicans should feel very satisfied because we have overturned the Democrats' control here in Congress, made a balanced budget a national priority, bipartisan priority, ended the idea that entitlement spending is holy, and started the debate on the complete rethinking of the Tax Code.
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Cliff Stearns
Florida

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Discussing the President's State of the Union address and its alignment with Republican priorities.

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