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PERMISSION FOR SUNDRY COM- revised rescission proposals, totaling tleman from South Carolina [Mr. GRA- MITTEES AND SUBCOMMITTEES $106.7 million. HAM] is recognized for 5 minutes. TO SIT TOMORROW, THURSDAY, The revised deferral affects the De- [Mr. GRAHAM addressed the House. FEBRUARY 23, 1995, DURING 5- partment of Health and Human Serv- His remarks will appear hereafter in MINUTE RULE ices. The revised rescission proposals the Extensions of Remarks.] affect the Department of Education Mr. SOLOMON. Mr. Speaker, I ask f unanimous consent that the following and the Environmental Protection committees and their subcommittees Agency. THE CONTRACT WITH AMERICA WILLIAM J. CLINTON. be permitted to sit tomorrow while the The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under a THE WHITE HOUSE, February 22, 1995. House is meeting in the Committee of previous order of the House, the gen- the Whole House under the 5-minute f tleman from Georgia [Mr. LEWIS] is rule: Committee on Agriculture; Com- APPOINTMENT OF MEMBERS TO recognized for 5 minutes. mittee on Banking and Financial Serv- COMMISSION ON SECURITY AND Mr. LEWIS of Georgia. Mr. Speaker, ices; Committee on Commerce; Com- COOPERATION IN EUROPE today marks the midway point in NEWT mittee on Government Reform and GINGRICH’s Contract With America. It Oversight; Committee on International The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- is an extremist document which sets Relations; Committee on the Judici- ant to the provisions of section 3 of back the clock. It is a contract which ary; Committee on National Security; Public Law 94–304, as amended by sec- rewards the wealthy at the expense of Committee on Resources; Committee tion 1 of Public Law 99–7, the Chair, our children, our senior citizens, the on Transportation and Infrastructure; without objection, appoints to the poor and hard working class Ameri- and Permanent Select Committee on Commission on Security and Coopera- cans. Let’s look back over the past 50 Intelligence. tion in Europe the following Members days and review what this band of ex- It is my understanding that the mi- of the House: Mr. PORTER of Illinois; tremists has done. nority has been consulted and that Mr. WOLF of Virginia; Mr. FUNDERBURK The new majority has reduced the there is no objection to these requests. of North Carolina; Mr. SALMON of Ari- number of police that were to patrol The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there zona; Mr. HOYER of Maryland; Mr. MAR- our city streets through their crime objection to the request of the gen- KEY of Massachusetts; Mr. RICHARDSON bill—this is their Contract With Amer- tleman from New York. of New Mexico; and Mr. CARDIN of ica. They have proposed denying food Mr. FIELDS of Louisiana. Mr. Speak- Maryland. to hungry school children through er, reserving the right to object, and I There was no objection. elimination of the School Lunch Pro- will not object, we have consulted with f gram—this is their Contract With the Members on our side of the aisle on APPOINTMENT OF MEMBERS TO America. The Republican majority has the committees that the gentleman passed a bill which will make it more just mentioned, and we have no objec- UNITED STATES GROUP OF THE NORTH ATLANTIC ASSEMBLY difficult to protect our air and keep tion to the unanimous consent request. our water clean. They would cut nutri- Mr. Speaker, I withdraw my reserva- The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- tion programs for our senior citizens— tion of objection. ant to the provisions of 22 U.S.C. 1928a, these, too, are the Contract With Mr. SOLOMON. Mr. Speaker, I thank the chair, without objection, appoints America. The Republicans seek to gut the gentleman for carrying on the com- to the United States Group of the the Corporation for Public Broadcast- ity of the House. North Atlantic Assembly the following ing which through its PBS stations The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there Members of the House: Mr. ROSE of provides educational television for us objection to the request of the gen- North Carolina; Mr. HAMILTON of Indi- and our children—this is the Contract tleman from New York [Mr. SOLOMON]? ana; Mr. COLEMAN of Texas; and Mr. With America. And the Republicans There was no objection. RUSH of Illinois. have vowed ‘‘to fight with all their There was no objection. f being’’ a small increase in the mini- f mum wage, a wage which provides WITHDRAWAL OF NAME OF MEM- those who receive it a living standard b 1840 BER AS COSPONSOR OF HOUSE 30% below the poverty level—alas, this JOINT RESOLUTION 2 SPECIAL ORDERS also is the Contract With America. Mr. KIM. Mr. Speaker, I ask unani- The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. And the new, extreme, Republicans mous consent that my name be re- NEY). Under the Speaker’s announced have done all this while advocating tax moved as a cosponsor of House Joint policy of January 4, 1995, and under a cuts for the top 1% of Americans. This, Resolution 2. previous order of the House, the follow- my friends, all of this, is their Contract The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there ing Members are recognized for 5 min- With America. objection to the request of the gen- utes each. Of course, not everything they have done these 50 days has been bad. The tleman from California? f There was no objection. Congress did pass the Congressional The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under a Accountability Act which makes the f previous order of the House, the gen- Congress live by the same Labor and tleman from Massachusetts [Mr. REVISED DEFERRAL AND REVISED Civil Rights laws as those in the pri- TORKILDSEN] is recognized for 5 min- vate sector. Of course, the last Con- RESCISSION PROPOSALS—MES- utes. SAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT OF gress, the Democratic Congress, passed [Mr. TORKILDSEN addressed the THE UNITED STATES (H. DOC. the same bill with more than 400 votes. House. His remarks will appear here- NO. 104–40) Mr. Speaker, if these are the accom- after in the Extensions of Remarks.] plishments of the Republican Congress, The SPEAKER pro tempore. laid be- f if this is what they’ve done to us in the fore the House the following message first 50 days, imagine what they’ll do from the President of the United The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under a previous order of the House, the gen- to us in the next 50 days and in the States; which was read and, together next two years. with the accompanying papers, without tleman from Tennessee [Mr. BRYANT] is recognized for 5 minutes. We need a government that is leaner, objection, referred to the Committee not a government that is meaner. We on Appropriations and ordered to be [Mr. BRYANT of Tennessee addressed need a federal government that is less printed. the House. His remarks will appear bureaucratic, not one that is less com- To the Congress of the United States: hereafter in the Extensions of Re- passionate. marks.] In accordance with the Congressional NEWT GINGRICH and his Republican Budget and Impoundment Control Act f colleagues have gone too far. In their of 1974, I herewith report one revised The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under a rush to the right, they have forgotten deferral, totaling $7.3 million, and two previous order of the House, the gen- not just those on the left, but those in February 22, 1995 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H 2031 the middle. The vast majority of Amer- education and health care and jobs and through a National Security Revital- icans not only want our government to income and job training, the Demo- ization Act. We have pushed through be smaller, they want it to work bet- crats are fighting for them. unfunded mandate reform. We have ter. They want a government that pro- We will be on the side of working pushed through congressional reform. tects our children and looks out for our people in this country. Everybody—the vast majority of senior citizens. They want to insure f Americans—have been begging for this that the air we breath and the water The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. for years, and it has been the Demo- we drink are pure and clean. They want NEY). Under a previous order of the cratic-controlled Congress that has their neighborhoods to be safe and House, the gentleman from Pennsylva- been denying Americans from coast-to- their kids to be able to go to college. nia [Mr. KLINK] is recognized for 5 min- coast the type of legislation that they They want to earn a decent wage and utes. have been wanting. We have been deliv- be able to save a little money at the ering it for the first 50 days, and for end of each month. All of these things, [Mr. KLINK addressed the House. His remarks will appear hereafter in the anybody to stand up here and say that Mr. Speaker, all of these are what the it is a rush to extremism ignores politi- American people want. The Republican Extensions of Remarks.] cal reality in this country. Contract With America does none of f It has been a rush to the middle them. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under a class, a rush back to the values that The American people deserve better previous order of the House, the gen- Americans have been begging for in than this extreme Contract With tleman from Tennessee [Mr. HILLEARY] America. And the time has come that is recognized for 5 minutes. their leadership, a rush back to the type of principles that Americans have we not just pray and we not just speak. [Mr. HILLEARY addressed the been begging for. The time has come for action. I did not House. His remarks will appear here- Just imagine it, in 50 days we now sign this contract. The American peo- after in the Extensions of Remarks.] have a Congress that has to abide by ple did not sign this contract. The time f for action is now. the same laws that they make all of The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under a f American abide by. Just imagine, in previous order of the House, the gen- the first 50 days, we now have a bal- CONTRACT WITH AMERICA NOT tleman from California [Mr. BECERRA] anced budget amendment that has been FOR MIDDLE-CLASS FAMILIES is recognized for 5 minutes. passed from this House that requires The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under a [Mr. BECERRA addressed the House. the Federal Government to abide by previous order of the House, the gen- His remarks will appear hereafter in the same laws that Americans have to tleman from Michigan [Mr. BONIOR] is the Extensions of Remarks.] abide by in writing their checks. recognized for 5 minutes. f We cannot spend more money than Mr. BONIOR. Mr. Speaker, if the The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under a we take in, according to our balanced Contract With America was a song, it previous order of the House, the gen- budget amendment. What is so extreme would be ‘‘50 Ways to Leave the Middle tleman from Indiana [Mr. BURTON] is about that? What is so extreme about Class.’’ How is it possible that we have recognized for 5 minutes. cutting committee staff by one-third? been in session 50 days, we have cast [Mr. BURTON of Indiana addressed What is so extreme about cutting con- 150 votes, yet we have not passed one the House. His remarks will appear gressional staff from 21 down to 16? single amendment, not one, that ad- hereafter in the Extensions of Re- There is nothing extreme about it. dresses jobs, incomes, health, edu- marks.] This is what America has demanded. cation, job training? You cannot send f This is what America has asked for. your kid to school on an unfunded This is what liberals have denied Amer- mandate, Mr. Speaker. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under a previous order of the House, the gentle- ica from so long, and this is what we On the issues more important to are delivering on. There is nothing ex- working middle class families, this woman from Ohio [Ms. KAPTUR] is rec- ognized for 5 minutes. treme about the Contract With Amer- contract has been silent for 50 days. ica, or this legislation that has been [Ms. KAPTUR addressed the House. And you know what, it is going to be passed. silent for the next 50 days as well. Her remarks will appear hereafter in For all those pollsters and pundits Instead, Republicans have voted to the Extensions of Remarks.] and political experts out there that are pull 100,000 police officers off the beat. f trying to figure out why there was a They have said no to protecting Social conservative landslide on November 8, Security, and they have said yes to THE 104TH CONGRESS DELIVERS all you have to do is look at the leader- Star Wars, a $50 billion project, and on THE LEGISLATION AMERICA HAS top of that, they want to balance the WANTED ship on the other side of the aisle and budget. But yet, what do they do? They The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under a listen to what they have been talking go and vote for renewing Star Wars at previous order of the House, the gen- about, saying that these measures are a $50 billion price tag. And, of course, tleman from Florida [Mr. extremism. Come on, who are they today we saw in the supplemental, they SCARBOROUGH] is recognized for 5 min- fooling? busted the budget by voting for that. utes. They are saying that they have noth- They said no to many things that are Mr. SCARBOROUGH. Mr. Speaker, I ing to do with jobs or income or health. necessary for middle income people. do agree with the previous speakers Who do they think they are fooling? Now we read that in the next 50 days, that now is the time for action, and Anybody knows that when you cut reg- they intend to cut the student lunch that is exactly what we have been ulations, when you put the type of reg- program. doing. I heard a previous speaker tell ulatory reform on the table that we Mr. Speaker, you cannot renew us that this Contract With America have put on the table, you are going to American civilization by making kids was a rush to extremism, I don’t under- save jobs. You are going to create jobs. in America go hungry. Republicans stand that, and a rush away from the You are going to take the handcuffs off may be in a rush to ditto every single middle class. I don’t understand that. of small business men and women bill, but in this rush to extremism, the When we look at poll after poll, sur- across this country, and allow them to Gingrich revolution is leaving the val- vey after survey, everybody out there create jobs. ues of working families behind in this is agreeing on the very concepts that When you pass a taxpayer protection country. we are bringing to the floor these first plan that we passed the first day of We will meet them, as we discuss 50 days. Congress, that requires this body to these issues that are important to We have pushed through a balanced pass new tax increases by a three-fifths working families over the next 50 days, budget amendment that the middle vote in the 104th Congress, you are sav- and they will know and the American class wanted. We have pushed through ing jobs and you are saving income people will know that when it comes to a line-item veto. We have pushed from a middle class and a lower class