Sue Myrick: “I wanted to just mention a couple of things relative to Vice President Gore's budget that he has presented, because I…”

“I wanted to just mention a couple of things relative to Vice President Gore's budget that he has presented, because I think there are some things that we could point out that maybe do show a difference in the way that we philosophically go about spending our government's money and the people's money at home. I know that the Vice President made the comment at the Democratic National Convention that in the next 4 years he wanted to pay off all the national debt we have accumulated over 200 years, and this would be the plan that would put us on track for completely paying off debt by 2012. Then I remember back last year how President Clinton's administration only wanted to save 63 percent of the surplus and if it had not been for us really forcing the issue and saying that we are going to lock away 100 percent of the surplus, we might not be in the position today where those statements could even be made that we are going to be able to save and pay off the debt. Plus the fact that the National Taxpayers Union estimates that the Vice President's spending proposals would actually increase government spending by $2.7 trillion.”