Rod Grams: “Today, as Congress fights to bring down the deficit and set the Nation on the track toward fiscal sanity, President…”

“Today, as Congress fights to bring down the deficit and set the Nation on the track toward fiscal sanity, President Clinton is continuing his demand for an additional $8 billion in taxpayer money this year to finance even bigger Government. He says he is offsetting the increased spending, but most of his so-called savings are no more than budget gimmicks--increased taxes, fees, and one-time asset sales financed directly by the taxpayers. Congress wants to eliminate the deficit but President Clinton wants to spend almost 50 cents of every dollar that working Americans have sacrificed toward a balanced budget this year. The President said in January that 'the era of big government is over,' but if he has his way big government will only continue to grow, at the expense of taxpayers today and our children tomorrow. If we do not take immediate action to stop this pattern of abuse, we are risking leaving behind a legacy of debts that our kids will be forced to inherit. While we still have the opportunity, we must do everything possible to change the rules of the tax-and-spending game and do what is best for taxpayers, for our children and for the Nation as a whole.”