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On the recordJune 13, 1996
I thank the Senator. On the issue of the President, which is a discussion that many of us are scratching our head about with respect to the rhetoric we are hearing from the White House on issues--very, very important issues--that face this country, where Republicans here in the Congress and in many places, on a bipartisan basis, are trying to move forward with programs we believe will move this country forward. We have been met with very stiff resistance from the White House. Yet when the campaign that has now commenced--the speeches; the President is out, making the campaign speeches--you would think from the speeches that he gives that all of the things that we are pursuing, that the American public is in general agreement with, like balancing the budget, like cutting taxes, like having smaller Government, like giving more power back to State and local governments, like welfare reform, all of those things that are very much supported by the American public and have been stopped, clearly been stopped by this White House, because we have passed all of those things, and they have been vetoed down at the Oval Office, the President is now campaigning in his speeches that he is for all of this.
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Rick Santorum
Republican · Pennsylvania

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Discussing the President's rhetoric versus actions on key policy issues.

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