On the recordSeptember 6, 1995
I have never voted for a legislative appropriations bill in the 4 years that I have been in Congress. But for the first time, in a bipartisan way, in order to balance the budget, in order to work together across aisles, and I hope this is a vanguard in the next few weeks and months, I will vote for this bill. It makes tough choices toward balancing the budget. It cuts 33 percent out of our mail accounts. It cuts money from the clerk hire. It cuts money from the General Accounting Office and the Office of Technology Assessment. Yes, my colleagues, if we are going to more toward balancing the budget, which I fully endorse, Congress has to take the first step and share in the sacrifice. Finally, Mr. Speaker, we were successful in working with the gentleman from New Jersey and getting a Roemer-Zimmer amendment attached. If my colleagues save money in their office account, that money will go for the U.S. deficit.
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