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Newt Gingrich

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Newt Gingrich is a prominent Republican politician from Georgia, best known for serving as the 50th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives from 1995 to 1999. He played a significant role in the Republican Revolution of the 1990s, leading the party to a majority in the House for the first time in 40 years. Gingrich is recognized for his advocacy of conservative policies, including tax reform and welfare reform, and he was a key architect of the 'Contract with America,' which outlined a legislative agenda for the GOP in the 1994 midterm elections.

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Mar 7, 1994

I rise today to put in the Record three letters. One is a letter to Attorney General Janet Reno concerning Associate Attorney General Webster Hubbell, suggesting that given all of the recent allegations that he be suspended pending a…

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Mar 3, 1994

I want to recommend to the President and his senior staff that they read today's column by Al Hunt in the Wall Street Journal entitled ``Whitewater: It's the Coverup More Than the Deal.'' There was a point where President Nixon could have…

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Mar 3, 1994

I might say to my friend, the gentleman from Texas [Mr. Frost], I tried to make that clear when I said there had been a miscommunication earlier about this particular day, and that I take the responsibility for having made an error. I…

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Mar 3, 1994

let me say first of all that I want to thank the Speaker for the way in which he briefed the House and briefed the country today. I think it is an important part of this institution to remind people how human it is. I think every heart…

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Feb 23, 1994

before we get to another matter, let me just say for a minute, following on what we did Friday a week ago where we had a bipartisan agreement between the leaderships to look into the various activities surrounding the paying back of…

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Feb 23, 1994

We are suggesting the right of every American to stand up and condemn hateful thought. And we are suggesting in fact that there is a certain responsibility, whatever our ethnic background, whatever our religious beliefs, that understand…

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Feb 11, 1994

on the Republican side, we are very eager to help facilitate getting the aid to California, and we appreciate getting the aid to California, and we appreciate the speed with which the conference was completed. We look forward to working…

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Feb 11, 1994

I believe, as does the leadership of my party, that the matter was so serious that it warrants being looked into by the House. It is my understanding that during the break, that the majority agreed that we will have staff looking into it…

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Feb 10, 1994

I think with the storm and with other things going on, I hope that the conferees will be talking a lot all morning as the papers are prepared and will understand that there is a very real concern about getting this aid to California done…

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Feb 10, 1994

when the American people look at President Clinton's budget in detail, they are going to be very disappointed. There is no provision in the budget over the next 5 years for real welfare reform to require work and to reduce children born…

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Feb 9, 1994

with only 30 seconds left, let me just say in closing that I think the country needs to watch all year every rule, watch the way the game is rigged, and watch the way leadership closes off debate and the way the Democrat leadership closes…

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Feb 9, 1994

let me pick up the dialog that was just going on because I think people in this country deserve to be told the truth, and the truth is the Democratic leadership uses the Committee on Rules, in its 40th years of one party control of this…

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Feb 9, 1994

once again there is a huge gap between the words of the Clinton administration and the deeds of the Clinton administration. President Clinton comes to this floor and talks about fighting crime. The Clinton budget in the largest single…

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Feb 9, 1994

I reclaim my time because what the gentleman just said, of course, was, in fact, ``No.'' There will never in the Committee of the Whole during the amending process be a vote on Gekas. That is what the gentleman said. I say to the…

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Feb 8, 1994

7 minutes ago the Congressional Budget Office's analysis of the Clinton health plan was made available, and it is a very revealing document. Remember that the President came here in his very first speech last year and praised the…

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Feb 2, 1994

Let me just say, if I might, that we would be prepared tomorrow to be very supportive on earthquake relief, and I would hope that whether it was done tonight or tomorrow or next week, we could find a bipartisan way to move this bill…

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Jan 26, 1994

I hope that the Democratic leadership will decide to bring to the floor a crime bill which reflects the President's goals as outlined last night. We, on the Republican side, would like to ensure that people convicted of three felonies get…

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Feb 18, 1992

weaken our opponents and encourage our allies.

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