NAN A. S. HAYWORTH: “I think what the gentleman says bears repetition, because there is a tendency in our fast food, perishable throwaway…”

“I think what the gentleman says bears repetition, because there is a tendency in our fast food, perishable throwaway society to forget some events that make up if not current events, then rather recent history. While there were many--it was interesting, the paradox at work in 1996 in the 104th Congress. There were those who attempted to paint what ultimately turned out to be an inaccurate picture for political reasons. There were others who were champions of the conservative cause who said, ``You haven't gone far enough, New Majority,'' and we understood and sympathized with that point of view. Yet even with the challenges confronted within our constitutional republic and our unique system of government, still what we were able to do was to reverse for the first time in the postwar era the notion of constant growth of government, not only the elimination of more than 300 wasteful and duplicative programs and boards of absurdity, if you will, such as the Coffee Tasters Commission, but also in the process holding on and refusing to spend some $54 billion. That is something that cannot be overemphasized, because what that signaled to Main Street, to Wall Street, to our friends internationally and most importantly to the American people, although sometimes it gets lost in the context, was a willingness to say that government has grown too large, it has continued to grow out of control, we are going to rein in the growth of spending for spending sake.”