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John Hostettler: “tonight this Congress is making history as we finally face the responsibility that previous Congresses ducked for a…”

On the recordMay 20, 1997
tonight this Congress is making history as we finally face the responsibility that previous Congresses ducked for a generation, balancing the Federal budget. On that we all agree. Where we disagree and what we are truly debating before the American people tonight is the path to that agreed upon target. Mr. Chairman, I support the CAT substitute budget as the best path, the best route to a balanced budget among the many before us tonight. It offers the deepest tax cuts, best curtails the burdensome bureaucracy by reducing discretionary spending and saves Medicare for the next decade. Other paths presented here tonight are good, but this is the best route to prosperity at home and peace abroad as America puts her financial house in order so the Federal Government is less of a burden on the homes of hard-working Americans.
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John Hostettler
Indiana
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Discussing the importance of balancing the Federal budget and supporting the CAT substitute budget.

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