Newt Gingrich: “as the gentleman from Oklahoma [Mr. Watts] pointed out, we do have a Contract With America. We are working very hard. I…”

“as the gentleman from Oklahoma [Mr. Watts] pointed out, we do have a Contract With America. We are working very hard. I want to say it was a bipartisan contract in the last few weeks. The line-item veto came out of the Committee on Government Reform and Oversight with a 30-to-11 bipartisan margin. The Shays Act to apply to Congress every law which applies to the rest of the country passed with a huge bipartisan margin. The victory last night for the constitutional amendment to require a balanced budget was a bipartisan victory. I want to thank all of the reform Democrats who are joining us again and again in doing good bipartisan things. We do have a contract. We are going to keep it. A friend of mine gave me this this morning earlier and said, ``Why don't you punch in this contract that you always carry, why don't you take out the very first one.'' I want to punch a hole to indicate one is down. We will be back for nine more.”