J. Exon: “I simply say that the remarks that he has just made is a typical case, if I have ever heard one, of constructing an…”

“I simply say that the remarks that he has just made is a typical case, if I have ever heard one, of constructing an imaginary, illusionary strawman and then tearing it to pieces. No one has advocated eliminating the mortgage interest deduction. No one that I know of has advocated elimination of the rollover or personal residence proposition that was alluded to by the Senator from New Mexico. No one has advocated eliminating charitable deductions. No, Mr. President. And I do not believe it contributes a great deal to the legitimate discussion of the budget with those kinds of gimmicks. I simply say that what we are doing here is trying to repair serious faults in the Republican budget. We did that last year in the Republican budget. The American people said, ``You are right.'' We are doing it in this budget, and I believe that the American people will say again that the Republicans are overdoing it. There is nothing wrong with various amendments that are being offered here that have been voted or will be voted down. There is nothing wrong with using the same proposition to finance some selective improvements in the Republican budget that we maintain are particularly demoralizing for education, of which we have heard a great deal about today from various Senators-- help for the needy of this country.”