[House Speaker Newt Gingrich said,] I am glad now that the election is over to see that the president has agreed that we need to save Medicare. ... remarkable coming from this administration, given how they characterized them last year. |
[In some of his comments, Gingrich did appear more intent on answering critics than in laying out a detailed proposal.] We will vote on a tax cut even if President Clinton opposes it, ... We will give the president a chance to veto the tax cut ... and be on the side of bigger government and higher spending and higher taxes. |
[Listen to him talk about Republicans who lost their seats last November:] When you realize how many of them lost because the Democrats and the unions lied about Medicare, ... it just infuriates you to take casualties that shouldn't be there and that, I think, frankly, are immoral and dishonorable. |
[On the Supreme Court striking down a law barring] indecent ... I think we're better to have a crash program to develop an inexpensive software package for parents to allow them to monitor the sets for their kids. It is doable and the technology is available and it's legitimate for parents as parents to monitor what their children see on the Internet. |
a heavy heart but a surprisingly happy spirit. |
a key member of the team that created the first [Republican] majority in 40 years ... And I think Bill had accomplished something so enormous, in terms of his career, that he felt very comfortable that he had made a major contribution to his country's future. |
a long time coming. |
A mere forty years ago, beach volleyball was just beginning. No bureaucrat would have invented it, and that's what freedom is all about. |
All free people stand on Reagan's shoulders. His principled policies proved that free markets create wealth, that the rule of law sustains freedom, and that all people everywhere deserve the right to dream, to pursue their dreams, and to govern themselves. |
All of us who participated in the Contract with America were standing on Ronald Reagan's shoulders, |
All the independent counsel does is start the process, ... He doesn't define it. |
All they have left is to smear the speaker because they can't solve Medicare, they can't solve welfare and they can't balance the budget. This is the last pathetic thing they've got, |
America and Israel are such good friends, we can work out any disagreements we might have. Frankly, I believe the peace process will move forward. I think that honest, open discussions are very useful. |
and I think that's wrong. |
And then we listen more and we say 'But why are you going to do this?' and we listen more and at some point, most of the members say, 'I don't want to talk any more. If I vote 'yes,' can I leave?' And it's a brutal system, |