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On the recordMarch 23, 1994
I think we have just heard a perfect prescription and description of what is in the Budget Committee's resolution; that is, the solution is Government: Government can do it all. The private sector cannot handle it. Let the Government move in and take over every program. Comments were made, ``We can't afford to let the people have tax cuts.'' Now listen to that. We are saying to the people that we cannot afford to let you keep your money. No, because we have to bring it up here and spend it in Washington. Yes, there is a clear difference in vision. And the only place where you are going to get a vote for the vision you just heard described is on the floor of the U.S. Senate. The American people would not vote for that vision. Let me talk first about the Clinton package. The most notable thing about it is what is missing. There are no real spending cuts. There is no credible deficit reduction, no economic growth incentives, and certainly true reflections of the Nation's spending priorities are not in this budget.
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Trent Lott

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Addressing the Budget Committee's resolution and the Clinton budget package.

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