I want to compliment the previous speaker. I think he did a pretty good job down here putting out his point of view, some of which I would agree with and some of which I would not. But I think he did a nice job with his remarks. I do want…

If you are [able]-bodied, single, between the ages of 18 and 5-, and you get food stamps, we are saying you have to work . . . If you cannot get a job, you go to a workfare program; 45 out of 50 states have a workfare program.

It is only if you are able-bodied, if you are childless, and you live in an area where you are getting food stamps and there are jobs available, then it applies.

Madam Chairman, today we have the beginning of a debate that really represents wonderful news for America. Frankly, the third time, they say in lore, is always a charm. Well, this is the third time we are going to bring to the floor, and…

Well, John, you have to understand, a number of years ago I started working on my faith, my faith in God and my faith in Jesus Christ. And he said: ``John, at some point in our lives we have to decide whether it is just a game or whether…

Mr. Speaker, we came here 18 months ago to do a few things dramatic things: balance the budget in real numbers; tax relief for America's hard- pressed families who spend more money paying off the tax man than they do on food, clothing, and…

I want to compliment him for a special order that is designed to let people know precisely what the facts are in regard to our program, but let me, if I could, take a second to suggest that, of course, we have the courage to do this and…

I think the 21st century is about the power of people like you and me, removed from this place, living in neighborhoods, the ability of us to soar, in the age of the computer, where Americans have more tools and more freedom. You do not…

I yield myself 30 seconds to, for the one-billionth time, explain that Medicare continues to go up. We do not have any cuts in Medicare, we have real increases in Medicare. Student loans go up dramatically; in fact, nearly a 30-percent…

I want to first of all pay a very high tribute to the gentleman from Texas [Mr. Archer]. Most of my lifetime as a young man and then entering the Congress, still as a young man, I was very frustrated as I heard a lot of rhetoric from many…

I yield myself 1 minute and 30 seconds, just to point out to the gentleman that, of course, the administration and most of the Members of the majority were supporting a President's budget that would have spent $7 billion in 1996 more than…

I want to compliment the minority on their tactics, because we have been studying them and learning from them. It is interesting that in the hour that they came to the floor to support the President's budget, they do not have anything good…

let me just say that it is really dubious to make the claim that the President is spending more on any program that is in the discretionary accounts, because you have $67 billion in unspecified cuts. If we wanted to do a really good job…

Of course the gentleman obviously has not read our program because our program would give senior citizens more choice. In fact, most senior citizens would love to be in the Arizona plan which offers them prescription drugs, eyeglass…

I want to point out to the folks watching this debate, our problem has been that we have consistently transferred resources from people who are young savers to people across the spectrum who are consumers. In our society we have destroyed…

let me just say, you can fool some of the seniors some of the time but not all of the seniors all of the time. This trust fund is on the road toward bankruptcy. Our program is designed to significantly increase the amount of dollars in…

for those folks that are watching this debate, what the last speaker said is just so far from being accurate it almost ought to be on the Tonight Show in the opening dialog. I think we ought to stop scaring our senior citizens, our most…

Mr. Chairman, we have a very unique way in which we would put police on the street. Rather than putting police on the street in some cities that do not experience high violent crime rates, we have decided to let local people decide that…

I dearly love my colleague from Texas, but as my colleagues know, talk about a vain effort, I mean there is no one that I have yet met outside of the beltway who thinks that we have cut bureaucracy and redtape and travel expenses and…

Can we imagine a family where the income of two children at $30,000 who are being taxed to give benefits to a childless couple making $28,000, can we imagine the mother and father telling their children we cannot go to McDonald's tonight…

I want to say to our Members that this is another outstanding effort by this Congress to try to move things literally with an aim toward the 21st century. Now, I think we have got to give Jimmy Carter a little bit of credit, President…

Let me just say, though, and I do not want to give just a civic lesson this morning, but for our colleagues who are watching this special order, our own colleagues, the discretionary spending, this year-to year spending that we must…

So, in other words, even though the President talks about his wanting to, well, he declares the era of big Government being over, he fought for virtually every dime of Washington spending that ends up in the hands of the Federal…

But we had to drag them kicking and screaming all the way to the water bucket and force them to drink, did we not?

Of course, again, what the people need to understand is this is really the only spending that the Congress of the United States was forced to approve in cooperation with the President. Is that correct? This is the only spending where, if…