Walter B. Jones: “the 1996 Presidential campaign games are in full swing. While the Republicans continue to work toward a balanced budget…”

“the 1996 Presidential campaign games are in full swing. While the Republicans continue to work toward a balanced budget to fulfill last year's promise, the President wants Congress to spend an additional $8 billion on a host of Federal programs. Most of these programs are to appease his liberal constituents in order to shore up his tax-and-spend liberal base. The President has requested $2 million for the Ounce of Prevention Council. This 2-year-old program has not administered one single grant during its existence. Mr. Speaker, we will do everything we can to keep the Government running and to work with the President to produce a balanced budget, but we will not continue to decorate the national budget like a Christmas tree with the President's pet projects. We will not borrow money from our children's future for this kind of wasteful spending.”