Political Quotes

“I rise in support of the Kasich substitute. I think it is a sound and responsible piece of legislation. Last year, we had a clear choice of visions for the Government's role in our society. Republicans, ably led by John Kasich, offered a budget proposal to achieve greater deficit reduction entirely through spending cuts. This plan was unfortunately defeated on a party-line vote. President Clinton and his Democrat allies in Congress, instead, shepherded through Congress the largest tax increase in U.S. history, with few--if any--spending cuts. Once again this year, we have a clear set of choices. The Republican members of the Budget Committee have drafted a proposal to reduce the budget deficit by $150 billion through specific reductions in Government spending, provide necessary funding for defense, reform our welfare and health care systems, enact a tough anticrime package, provide families with a $500-per-child tax credit, and index capital gains for inflation. The Kasich budget also provides for real reform of the Government by contracting out for services which could be more efficiently provided by the private sector, combining programs into block grants to enable States and localities to determine how best to provide the actual services, and ending duplication of Government services. The Kasich budget calls for real change and real deficit reduction.”