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David Thomas: I would like to use our time this morning as a followup on the freshman focus that we have been carrying on for several…

On the recordMay 9, 1995
I would like to use our time this morning as a followup on the freshman focus that we have been carrying on for several weeks and attempt to continue. Some of my colleagues will join later in the morning and then again on Thursday. As you know, the freshman class has made an effort to talk about the issues that are before the American people, that are before this Congress, and to focus on solving these problems, to focus on the notion that we need to find solutions--solutions that will help us to deliver services more efficiently, will help us to reduce the cost of Government, and will help us to be more effective in dealing with the problems of this country and, at the same time, reduce the size of Government. So we are interested in exercising the first opportunity that we have had for a number of years to really analyze programs that have been in effect, in many cases, for 30 to 40 years.
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David Thomas
New York

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Discussing the freshman class's focus on analyzing government programs and finding solutions to issues facing the country.

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