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Previous administrations also have made the same conclusion, that we have about a $140 billion trust fund that will be exhausted because we are now for the first year spending more than we are taking in. The seniors in my district, who are…
Well, let me summarize, because we have run out of time, if the gentleman from Ohio will yield one more second, and that is we have established now, there is a problem, because two generations of trustees, Republican and Democrat, have…
what you are saying then is if we do nothing by 2002, the Medicare trust fund then becomes insolvent?
I think then we have an obligation, because we were elected by the people to preserve, protect and strengthen Medicare, not to kill it, that we have to take some action which will allow it to live beyond just our generation.
I have never heard so much smoke and mirrors, let alone bubbles on this debate. First of all, this was in the bill. The bill had a hearing. The gentleman from Kentucky was there. But he did not bring this amendment up, nor did he discuss…
balancing the Federal budget is a noble cause. It is one of the few issues of our era that demands our full attention. The reason is very simple: moving the Federal budget into balance is not, ultimately, a debate about numbers, programs…
today, the House Budget Committee starts work on the first fiscally responsible budget the American people have seen in decades. Many House Democrats will come to the floor, attacking various parts of the budget for being too hard on their…
The reason we need capital gains tax relief, the reason we need alternative minimum tax relief, the reason we need the IRA tax relief is because you do not have the courage to cut $213 billion from this budget. Last year we had a 1-percent…
Let me be honest, I will not vote to cut $213 billion because it could not be done without hurting all the programs you are talking about. The capital gains tax and the alternative minimum tax will bring us more revenue and allow us to…
Did you vote for the $17 billion rescission package and would you vote today to cut $213 billion from this budget which is this year's deficit?
Pick the President you want. This Congress for 40 years has had its foot stuck on the accelerator. We appropriate, we spend. Heal thyself.
Today President Clinton just introduced his budget, and if you heard, the previous speaker said the last 2 years of Ronald Reagan was $150 billion in deficit and $155. Today's budget introduced by President Clinton the deficit is $210…
this is not a question of protecting pork in highway infrastructure bills. This is a question of protecting the highway fund, paid for by motorists into a trust fund which cannot be overspent and which is earmarked for highway and rail…
if it is one thing the American people have had their fill of, it is seeing their hard-earned tax dollars squandered on frivolous special interest projects. Whether it is a $500 toilet seat for the military or $100 million interstate to…
A Washington Post-ABC news poll released last Monday contains good news for this House and better news for the country. In only 3 months public confidence in Congress has doubled from 26 to 46 percent, the largest increase of its kind in…
like many of my colleagues today, I am proud of what the Republicans have done already under the banner of the Contract With America. We have made true fiscal responsibility in Congress the hallmark of our legislative plan. And at the very…
I want to talk today about a little girl 13 years old in Laguna Beach named Lauren. Lauren's grandmother, Jean Meredith, is one of my dearest friends. About a month ago they discovered, as they were looking for a genetic defect in little…
My colleagues, this is not a debate on whether we are tying the hands of the conferees, and it is not a debate over whether the States want to do it or do not want to do it. It is not a debate over how much it costs to build a prison cell…
I rise to support the Chapman amendment and urge my colleagues to do the same. It is for this Congress to address the need to keep violent felons locked up and not out wandering the streets. This amendment gives States financial incentives…
today I join my colleagues and the Armenian community worldwide in commemorating the Armenian genocide--the deliberate and systematic annihilation of over 1.5 million Armenians, perpetrated during the years of 1915 to 1923. There are those…
I rise in support of the amendment offered by the gentleman from Florida [Mr. McCollum] and in opposition to the amendment offered by the gentleman from New Jersey [Mr. Hughes]. Mr. Chairman, we need to send to conference two strong…
as we begin our debate on the President's health care plan, we must keep in mind what will happen without the Clinton health care plan. First, half of 37 million uninsured Americans will get health care insurance in less than 4 months. In…
Opponents of the balanced budget, including the old Democrat, President Clinton, claim it is a gimmick, that Congress already has the power to balance the budget. However, Congress has demonstrated it is incapable of balancing a Federal…
the American people have had enough of the bottomless pit of debt into which this country as plunged itself. They have seen their hard-earned money go to paying taxes, taxes which do nothing but pay the interest for Government that we have…
We are asking, through this act, 900 pages of regulations on the local school district. We say, ``If you ask them if they are citizens,'' that is going to overburden the school districts. We have nationalized, in this act, the school…
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