U.S. REPRESENTATIVE SUE MYRICK (R-NC)
U.S. REPRESENTATIVE GEORGE RADANOVICH (R-CA)

MYRICK: Hi, there.

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MYRICK: Thank you. George and I represent the House freshman class of the 104th Congress.

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RADANOVICH: Sue, we made history taking back the Republican House Congress for the first time in 40 years. We've been called extremists, but I'll tell you what extreme is, Sue. It's strapping future generations with massive debt.

MYRICK: George, we're the reformers. We're the ones that forced Bill Clinton to the right.

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We did exactly what the voters sent us to do. And you know the American people aren't extremists. They just want some relief from excessive taxation and intrusive government.

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RADANOVICH: We have done what no other Congress has done in a generation, despite the deception from the other party and also the deception from the current occupant of the White House.

MYRICK: Personally, I am proud of our welfare reform bill. It's going to give people a hand up not a handout. And you know it's going to break the cycle of dependency and despair. And, it will require able bodied people to work.

RADANOVICH: It will also preserve the safety net so the truly needy people will get help when necessary.

MYRICK: We also passed telecommunications reform that's going to create jobs. And we took action to protect our nation's drinking water. And we passed legislation that's going to make it harder for irresponsible lawyers to file frivolous lawsuits.

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The trials lawyers got invited to the White House for dinner. And the American consumer was left holding the bag.

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RADANOVICH: We also did great things for the American family. For example, we passed health care insurance reform. Now when working moms and dads change jobs, they'll be able to take their health insurance with them.

MYRICK: We've even made Congress live by the same laws that apply to everybody else.

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RADANOVICH: Now that might not sound like a big deal to the other Americans, but it's reverse business as usual in a Congress that has grown detached from the American people. We have given Congress a big dose of reality.

MYRICK: We've also passed the first balanced budget in a generation. It's been 26 years since America last balanced the budget. We just did what American families do every month.

RADANOVICH: That's right.

MYRICK: We balanced our budgets.

RADANOVICH: And the president vetoed it. The first balanced budget in a generation and President Bill Clinton vetoed it. That's right.

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MYRICK: But all was not lost. You know, Congress was still able to save the taxpayers billions of dollars. And we did it by applying good old American common sense and logic.

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RADANOVICH: In fact, we have saved the taxpayers $73 billion by scaling back wasteful Washington spending.

MYRICK: Right, and we still have lots of work to do to bring common sense back to Washington. We need to continue balancing the budget and we need to continue giving tax relief to the American families. And we need to move the power out of Washington and back to the people. And let the people keep more of their money and their pockets.

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And we are going to save Medicare. Unlike Bill Clinton, this Congress understands their responsibility to the senior citizens.

RADANOVICH: Sue, I look forward to working with you and the rest of the freshman class for the remainder of this year, to continue our efforts to bring common sense to Washington. But I also look forward to next year when we will have Bob Dole as president of the United States.

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MYRICK: Bob Dole will sign a balanced budget. And Bob Dole will bring tax relief to American families. And Bob Dole will also make the federal government more effective, more efficient and less costly to the American taxpayers.

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RADANOVICH: This is the beginning of the end for the Clinton White House. You, you, the American people sent the freshman class to Washington to get the job done. But we cannot do it alone. Send Bob Dole to the White House so that together we can restore the American dream.

MYRICK: That's right, George. Nothing succeeds like ideas when their time has come. And that's why so many people are jumping Clinton's sinking ship and tying their hopes to the Republican Party.

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The Republicans have cleaned things up on Capitol Hill. We restored sanity and common sense. And boy, did we clean house.

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Ladies and gentlemen, America is coming home again, home to the Republican Party.

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Thank you.

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