Jim Ryun: “what we are debating today is very simple: Do we believe, on the one hand, in more government, or, on the other hand, in…”

“what we are debating today is very simple: Do we believe, on the one hand, in more government, or, on the other hand, in more freedom? Throughout recorded history, from the Magna Carta to the Constitution of the United States, the struggle has been the same: freedom from government tyranny. Political freedom, economic freedom, religious freedom, the focus of the struggle changes, but the direction and the goal of the inspiration for the cause have always remained the same: The human soul desires freedom from government oppression, freedom for control of one's destiny, and freedom to worship one's God. The Republican agenda is an answer to that yearning. Mr. Speaker, we will meet one of those yearnings if we pass, when we pass, the Taxpayer Relief Act of 1997. The hard-working people of my district, the Second District of Kansas, are yearning to keep more of what they earn. After 16 years of wasteful government spending, it is high time that we grant them this freedom.”