Barbara Kennelly: “we all know that there is a right way and a wrong way to do everything, and the effort to deal with the budget deficit…”

“we all know that there is a right way and a wrong way to do everything, and the effort to deal with the budget deficit is no exception. Today in the Budget Committee we begin marking up the fiscal year 1995 budget, and continue what we began last year-- dealing with the budget deficit the right way. We will continue to set priorities, make tough choices, and focus resources where they are needed most. We will stay within the very tight discretionary caps adopted last year. And we will keep that deficit on a downward path. That is the right way. The wrong way is to offer phony panaceas and miracle cures--rhetorical flourishes instead of real fixes. That's the approach taken by those who oppose the President's budget. Last year, Republicans predicted the President's budget would be a disaster for the economy. They said it would do nothing to reduce the deficit. They said it would slow economic growth. And they were wrong, wrong, wrong. There is a right way and a wrong way to do everything. Mr. Speaker, we have now started to do things the right way. Let us continue what we have begun by passing the President's budget, and keeping America on the path to a stronger economy.”