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NAN A. S. HAYWORTH: $8 billion. Inside the Beltway here, in this land of bureaucracy in the District of Columbia, $8 billion may not seem…

On the recordMarch 14, 1996
$8 billion. Inside the Beltway here, in this land of bureaucracy in the District of Columbia, $8 billion may not seem like a lot of money, but, Mr. Speaker, to the people of the Sixth District of Arizona, and I would say to people nationwide, $8 billion is a whole lot of money, especially when those $8 billion, Mr. Speaker, are going to come out of the pockets of the American people. The fact is, Mr. Speaker, we have to have limited and effective government. Yet, the gentleman at the other end of Pennsylvania Avenue has the same old answer to the question. He talks about the days of big government being over. Yet, he wants to fund $8 billion of additional ineffective Washington programs. Mr. Speaker, when I return to the Sixth District of Arizona, no one runs up to me and says ``Please, Congressman, take more and more of my money for ineffective government programs.'' They say the time has come to rein in spending and have a limited and effective government.
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Addressing government spending and ineffective programs during a speech in the House.

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