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Show resolved before the Christmas Christ-mas recess. But with all the necessary business we have to take care of, if we can keep our minds on the primary goal of being responsible, re-sponsible, in fiscal and other matters, and of representing the people of our districts as they desire to be represented, rep-resented, then those needed reforms will soon follow. CONGRESSIONAL REPORT I BY DAN MARRIOTT monetary belts, and too few cutbacks in federal spending. If we can point the finger to anyone, it should be to the unelected fourth branch of government, that rising bureaucracy that only seems to get bigger. And that's what we must change. As we reconvene the 95th session of Congress in September, Sep-tember, we can see some very controversial issues coming up for debate. The voter registration issue, or the instant voter fraud plan, as I call it, will be at the forefront of our considerations. con-siderations. We'll be looking at the minimum wage issue, where the labor unions want the hourly pay increased from $2.30 to $2.65. We will , be talking about appropriations, appropria-tions, new bills, and other issues that will have to get having served as a Congressman Con-gressman for a little more than seven months, I have found that my previous impressions of Congress have been confirmed. There is a lot of reform that meeds to take place; there are many inefficiencies and inequities, especially in the length of time it takes to get something some-thing accomplished. The methods of operation always seem to be in favor of those who are at the top of the power ladder, and many times this power struggle is the sole concern of legislators legisla-tors who ought to be more concerned with the needs of their constituents. As a freshman and a member of the minority party, it can be very frustrating to see many of your efforts roadblocked. However, we have been very successful in getting a number of positive programs through; common situs was defeated, and we managed to save a number of the water projects that had initially initial-ly been eliminated. I'm pleased on the one hand that we have seen successes in many areas; but I'm happy that it takes us so long to reach our goals. I would like to see reforms made that would speed our legislative system up, save our taxpayers tax-payers money, and allow Americans to see that our government can be profitable and not always a drain on their pocketbooks. Many Congressmen are elected through the efforts of special interest groups, to whom they have made promises to work in their favor in turn for their support. Because of this, there seems to be more of a willingness to spend the taxpayer's money than there is to save it. And this solution solu-tion of "add money and stir" that seems to be the attitude in Washinton these days is going to prove to be our fis -cal destruction. The biggest single problem we have to deal with in financial an unwillingness to balance the budget, an unwillingness to tighten our fiscal and |