On the recordJuly 31, 1997
In 1993 a major piece of legislation was passed, and at that time it was being criticized roundly in both Chambers of this Congress. Since 1993, Mr. Speaker, we have had 5 years in a row of deficit reductions. With reinventing and streamlining the Federal Government, we are at the lowest number of Federal employees since the 1960's. Because of the hard work done by President Clinton and Vice President Gore and the Democrats in Congress, we are at a point where we are going to be able to build a bridge to the 21st century, where we are going to focus on children's health, on working families and we will reward 'work' and not 'not work'. We are going to make sure that families, family businesses, and farms have the breaks that they deserve. All the hard work that has gone on to get to this particular point is a credit to those that have served and passed that legislation.
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