On the recordMarch 2, 1995
I believe tonight the case has been made against H.R. 4, particularly the case of the provision to eliminate nutritional programs. We are more than Members of Congress. We are actually public servants and we must remember that our first responsibility is not to the parties that we are members of but to the people we represent. At the end of each day, we must be honest with the facts, who have we helped and who have we harmed. Have we helped the few or have we helped the many? I think President Kennedy had it right 34 years ago when he stated, 'A country that cannot help the many who are poor cannot protect the few who are rich.' No party or no person has an exclusive on family values and personal responsibility. Those are standards that each of us hold absolutely dear. And if we do, we care about children.
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