NAN A. S. HAYWORTH: “I think my friend offers an interesting analogy, and what I have often said, despite some of the labels and names that…”

“I think my friend offers an interesting analogy, and what I have often said, despite some of the labels and names that have been bandied about this Chamber, what difference does it make if an idea is called conservative or liberal or whatever, if it makes sense? The notion being this: that if we are able truly to empower the individual, if we are able to make sure that society has a safety net instead of a hammock, then that should be our goal. Mr. Speaker, I thank my friend from Connecticut for his diligence in looking at budgetary issues and acknowledging, while sometimes we may not see completely eye to eye on every item that comes down the pike, certainly there is a broad consensus within this new majority to address the problems. But even as we had our friend from the other end of Pennsylvania Avenue join us the other night and say that the days of big government were over, I was intrigued by the statement that followed that. On one occasion he said, "But we cannot fend for ourselves," or words to that effect. And I believe that we have to be very careful of that type of blanket statement, for what it does is contradict the previous statement. For it is not the role of government to step into every home, to step into every situation; to say, Washington calling, and we are here to provide you certain safeguards, or we are here to step in and intervene in every avenue of your life. Of course not.…”