On the recordJanuary 4, 1995
I rise in support of section 102 of the rules package which addresses baseline budgeting. As a member of the Budget Committee, I have strongly advocated the elimination of baseline budgeting and supported passage of the Full Budget Disclosure Act last August which accomplished that goal. This change in the House Rules reflects a provision contained in that bill, which passed the House although it failed to clear the Senate. The use of a baseline in calculating the national budget is confusing at best, and downright fraudulent at worst. With this rule change we will simply rely on actual prior year spending levels, for comparison purposes, when calculating spending increases or decreases for the next fiscal year. This is logical, sensible, and a proposal worthy of strong bipartisan support. I urge a ``yes'' vote on this provision.
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