Walter B. Jones: “Republicans are continuing to cut Government bureaucracy and waste today as we finish consideration of the energy and…”

“Republicans are continuing to cut Government bureaucracy and waste today as we finish consideration of the energy and water appropriations bill. Keeping our promise to balance the budget by the year 2002, we have cut $1.6 billion from the 1995 funding level, which is $2 billion below the President's request. We have eliminated scores of Federal programs focusing on energy and water research which are more suited for the private sector, while at the same time preserving the basic scientific research programs that will allow our Nation to remain universally competitive. We have not forgotten what the people sent us here to do--cut spending first--that was their mandate back in November. Through this bill and others, we make the Government smaller, less costly, more efficient, and more accountable to the American people.”