NAN A. S. HAYWORTH: “can anyone seriously tell me what was different in last night's State of the Union Address from what the President has…”

“can anyone seriously tell me what was different in last night's State of the Union Address from what the President has done in his previous two addresses, I mean besides the fact that it was longer? There is nothing wrong with the President's words; it is not the President's speeches that have put him in the fix he is in, it is his actions, and the quicker the President figures that out the better off we all will be. The President says he wants less Federal spending and a smaller, more efficient Government. If that is the case, I hope he supports the tax limitation balanced budget amendment that we will vote on today. The President says he wants to reduce unfunded Federal mandates on State and local governments. If that is the case, he should tell our Democrat colleagues to stop these obstructionist tactics we have seen that have stalled the reform bill that we have been working on all week. The President says he wants to end welfare as we know it. If that is the case, then he should support the Republican contract bill which will fundamentally change the role of welfare in our society. But the President probably will not do that, and next year he will come back with a speech that will sound familiar to us all.”