John Shadegg said "I compliment both my friend, the gentleman from Wisconsin [Mr. Neumann] and the gentleman from Indiana [Mr. Souder] for bringing out and emphasizing for all of our listeners the importance of curtailing spending. That is indeed critically important, I think, for the future of this Nation, not just for the economic reasons, not just because the government spending is out of control, but also because I think we are discovering that government does not have all the answers. When we give government too much in the way of resources, it just grows and grows and grows, and not all of what it does is good. As a matter of fact, as government gets bigger freedom gets smaller. I did want to segue into the education issue. As I listen to you do the math computation, I think, indeed, if certain proposals before this Congress prevail, we could be the last Members of this Congress that can do basic mathematic calculations." @ PoliticalQuotes.com

On the recordOctober 6, 1997

I compliment both my friend, the gentleman from Wisconsin [Mr. Neumann] and the gentleman from Indiana [Mr. Souder] for bringing out and emphasizing for all of our listeners the importance of curtailing spending. That is indeed critically important, I think, for the future of this Nation, not just for the economic reasons, not just because the government spending is out of control, but also because I think we are discovering that government does not have all the answers. When we give government too much in the way of resources, it just grows and grows and grows, and not all of what it does is good. As a matter of fact, as government gets bigger freedom gets smaller. I did want to segue into the education issue. As I listen to you do the math computation, I think, indeed, if certain proposals before this Congress prevail, we could be the last Members of this Congress that can do basic mathematic calculations.

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John Shadegg

Arizona

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Editor's note · Context

Discussing the importance of curtailing government spending and its implications for education.

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