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Dan Burton: the people of this country spoke last November. But it is apparent to anyone who is paying attention to what is going on…

On the recordJanuary 24, 1995
the people of this country spoke last November. But it is apparent to anyone who is paying attention to what is going on in this House that the Democratic Party is doing everything they can to derail the Contract With America. They are proposing hundreds of amendments to slow down the process. All I want to say is that it is the height of hypocrisy, the height of hypocrisy for the Democrats to come down here and complain about what the Republicans are doing after the way they have run this House for the last 40 years.
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Dan Burton
Indiana

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Criticizing the Democratic Party's actions regarding the Contract With America.

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