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NAN A. S. HAYWORTH: There could not be a greater difference in Government than the difference that exists between the 103d Congress, held…

On the recordMarch 27, 1996
There could not be a greater difference in Government than the difference that exists between the 103d Congress, held captive by the proponents of big Government and more and more centralized planning and more and more taxation and more and more spending, and those of us now in the majority in the 104th Congress, unafraid to offer America, Mr. Speaker, a clear, commonsense approach to Government, an approach which really beckons and harkens back to our founders, an approach typified in the first act this Congress passed, which simply said this: Members of Congress should live under the same laws every other American lives under.
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NAN A. S. HAYWORTH
New York

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Discussing the differences between the 103rd and 104th Congresses regarding government size and approach.

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