We told them, Mr. Speaker, we wanted to reduce the cost of Government. We wanted to get our hands out of the pockets of the taxpayers so that the American family would have more money to spend on the welfare of their own children, on the education of their children, and that we would reduce the role of Government in the way of cutting back on the numbers of programs, on agencies and on departments. And we have done just that.
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Discussing the Republican Congress's agenda to reduce government costs and taxes.
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