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is it fair that any union member should automatically have money deducted from his or her paycheck to pay for political candidates or causes with which he or she disagrees? It is fair that a union member should have to battle his or her…
small business continues to get the cold shoulder from the Clinton administration. Recently, I introduced the Small Business OSHA Relief Act. Seventy-five of my colleagues have cosponsored the bill. The bill is entirely made up of…
no one doubts the importance of a balanced budget to America's families. But what we are doubting is President Clinton's commitment. Well, the Senate vote this week on a balanced budget amendment is his chance to actually prove his…
during the 1992 presidential campaign, candidate Clinton promised to end welfare as we know it. Not only has he not ended welfare as we know it, but he has acted as the protector and champion of welfare as we know it. This Republican-led…
Mr. Speaker, I would like to note for the record that New York will face the loss of 29,900 jobs if the minimum wage is increased. Up to 500,000 jobs will be eliminated nationwide. Increasing the minimum wage makes minimum sense. As a…
for the gentlewoman's benefit, I want to note that North Carolina will lose about 19,100 jobs, probably from the eastern part of the State.
Mr. Speaker, sound public policy frequently takes a back seat to election year politics--and there is no clearer example of this than the current debate on raising the minimum wage. We have all heard the rhetoric from the other side, where…
if we needed another example of how this President changes characters faster than Rich Little, here it is: A year ago President Clinton put on his regulatory reform-er costume. He said that he wanted to give small businesses a break…
it was 1 year ago that President Clinton announced his plans to reinvent OSHA. The new OSHA, according to the President's speech, would rely less on enforcement, more on partnerships. It would use common sense in regulations, so that the…
Bill Clinton is fooling the American people by saying that he is reforming the Government and cutting down on big Government spending. By Clinton's own numbers, he would increase discretionary spending next year by $8 billion. Bill Clinton…
now the President wants to ``make work pay'' by raising the minimum wage. Yet just 2 years ago he said that raising the minimum wage is ``the wrong way to raise the income of low-wage earners.'' President Clinton knows that upgrading…
President Clinton is just pretending to be President, He is just pretending to propose solutions to our Nation's problems. Let me illustrate what I mean. Take the issue of helping the working poor. The President, by proposing an increase…
last week my office received a copy of a letter which the AFL-CIO is circulating to Members of Congress opposing the Small Business OSHA Relief Act, H.R. 3234. Not surprisingly, the letter never mentions the fact that every single item in…
for nearly 4 years now Bill Clinton has promised a middle-class tax cut. He promised a tax cut in the presidential campaign and he throws the words ``tax cut'' around at opportune times. But his actions speak louder than his words. By a…
in the current issue of Time magazine, we have a very interesting quote from George Stephanopoulos, one of Bill Clinton's top aides. He says, ``For this President, words are actions.'' Well, let's examine the record. Here are some…
my colleagues may not have seen this, but today's Washington Post features a neat little chart showing the progress in the Contract With America. Congressional compliance--signed into law; unfunded mandates--signed into law; Defense…
most working men and women in this country prefer the Republican vision of the future. They support a change in the way the Federal Government works and operates, they want a change in the way the welfare system operates, they want an end…
recently Bill Clinton submitted the details of his fiscal year 1997 budget. I think it is safe to call this new budget adventures in fantasyland. The adventure begins with the illusion of serious Medicare reform. Not real Medicare reform…
President Clinton, in his recent State of the Union Address proposed another Federal education program to provide merit based scholarships to the top 5 percent of high school graduates. This despite the fact that there are already 47…
working Americans have suffered under the proregulation, protax policies of the Clinton administration. In 1993, Bill Clinton enacted the largest tax increase in history. Since then, average working Americans have had to deal with higher…
the Clinton crunch is upon us. No, this is not a new kind of cereal. It does not go snap, crackle, and pop if you pour whitewater--or should I say milk--over it. No, Mr. Speaker, the Clinton crunch is a disease that infects middle-class…
President Clinton has now been in the White House 3 years, 1 month, and 1 week. Under his watch, the national debt has gone up, taxes have gone up, and wages have remained stagnant. What is up should be down and what is down should be up…
last week President Clinton said this was the end of the era of big government. And this week, the President says that he established a record of remarkable consistency. Mr. Speaker, let's review the facts. President Clinton is responsible…
the pregame analysis about Tuesday night's State of the Union Address was completely on target. All the pundits and talking heads agreed that President Clinton would come to Capitol Hill and make a centrist-sounding, middle-of-the-road…
here is a quote from the White House yesterday. ``But he''--meaning President Clinton--``will certainly acknowledge that tax relief, as he has been fighting for as President, is something that remains very important.'' Mr. Speaker, let me…
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