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it is time to tell the truth about our welfare system. It is not the system that it was designed to be. It is not temporary help for those who are down on their luck. It is a bureaucratic nightmare that has trapped generations of Americans…
the Democrats portray us as a cold, callous, and insensitive group. How can someone truthfully claim that? In the past 58 days, we have done more to ensure a brighter future for the citizens of this country and especially the children. We…
amid the cry from liberal Democrats regarding Republican welfare reform comes one clear message: The liberals are fighting hard for the bureaucratic status quo. Instead of joining with reformers who want to make current programs more…
while in my congressional district this past weekend, constituents expressed both their pleasure and astonishment that elected officials were able to keep a campaign promise. Citizens appreciate the swift and successful manner which the…
Yesterday, I spoke about Kermit Smith, the individual who spent 14 years on death row for the brutal kidnaping, rape, and murder of a college cheerleader in North Carolina. However, I forgot to mention that he was on parole during the time…
last week the State of North Carolina executed Kermit Smith for the brutal kidnaping, rape, and murder of a college cheerleader in 1980. Because of the burdensome appeals process, the case dragged on for 14 years, going before 46 judges…
last fall, we asked the American people to vote for us, the Republican Party, and in return, we would change the way Congress does business. We promised a three-part attack consisting of change, reform, and fiscal accountability. We…
what do 43 Governors have that President Clinton does not have? The answer: line-item veto. By the end of the day Monday, President Reagan's birthday, this House will have approved a new power to help control Government spending that…
under Republican leadership, the House is working hard to change the way we do the people's business. Yesterday, we passed an unfunded mandate reform bill, which will make it harder for the Federal Government to tell the American people…
We said to the voters, for many years you have not been able to put your trust in the Congress. We are giving you a written agenda, a contract, and we intend to stand by this contract. To the gentleman from Ohio I would say I am pleased…
I'm so tired of reading in the paper where a person incarcerated, serving time for a crime, is given the opportunity to file suit over some usually frivolous type issue, and we, the taxpayers, are paying for this.
If I may just touch on what happened. It just so happened that yesterday the Governor of North Carolina, Jim Hunt, a Democrat, had a luncheon for all the Members of the Congress here in Washington, DC. He had sent us a letter 2 days before…
We have had a system that has perpetuated this type of behavior. We have had a system that has through payments encouraged people to have children out of wedlock, and, as the Speaker has said so many times, we want to help people get off…
Did we, in our reform package as it related to the rules, did we put a number of terms that a person could as chairman? I think it is important to remind the people that we have done this, 6 years, and also the Speaker, four terms, 8…
If I might add to this, because I think the people that might be watching tonight need to know that probably the term limit issue will be debated in the committees probably in March, sometime in March. And they really, as you said…
Today we will finish our debate on unfunded mandates. We are going to give our States and our local governments what they have asked for. Congress will stop mandating Federal programs it cannot pay for. Now it is time to move on. Next on…
we were elected to represent the people of our districts, and that means changing business as usual. Changing business as usual means no more unfunded mandates. Every community in America is suffering at the hands of Congress. Currently…
Americans want change. They want a balanced budget amendment, unfunded mandate reform, a line-item veto, and a middle class tax cut. People want change to make their lives easier and to get government off their backs. People want less…
in last November's election, the American people decided to change the direction of the Federal Government. The people decided they wanted to pay less taxes. The people wanted fewer Federal mandates. The people wanted less government. The…
I wish to express my thanks to the American people for the opportunity of allowing me to participate in what clearly was yesterday's congressional revolution. During 40 years of Democratic control of Congress, this House never saw so much…
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