NAN A. S. HAYWORTH: “I will agree with the preceding speaker on one matter: There is a circus and it is not the Ringling Brothers outside…”

“I will agree with the preceding speaker on one matter: There is a circus and it is not the Ringling Brothers outside; the circus came to town 40 years ago with my liberal brethren on the other side of the aisle, still dealing with hocus-pocus of the speaker when we know that Senator Mosely-Braun of Illinois introduced all these little sleight-of-hand documents here. Let us talk about the rhetoric and the clowns. Those are folks who come forth making claims so outlandish regarding school lunches and school loans they would be funny if they were not so pathetic. Then you have the real acrobats. Those are the Members who talk about deficit reduction but then acting another way to spend our grandchildren's money without shame. They could be the real contortionists. Then you have the tightrope walkers; those are Members who balance precariously between what the voters want, which is lower taxes and lower spending, and then you have what the liberal leadership of the Democratic Party wants, which is higher taxes and more spending. Mr. Speaker, there is one real difference between Ringling Brothers and the liberal Democratic leadership: At least the real circus out front is entertaining.”