William Brewster: “I offer this amendment today with my good friends Mike Crapo, David Minge, and Glen Browder, and thank them for working…”

“I offer this amendment today with my good friends Mike Crapo, David Minge, and Glen Browder, and thank them for working with me on this lockbox amendment. This amendment represents a subject that is very important to me, and other Members of this House. The subject is deficit reduction. Constituents around the country sent a strong message to Washington last November. Americans sent their Representatives to Congress to first and foremost--reduce the Federal deficit. For most of us in Congress, our contract is with our constituents-- not a President, party or any interest group. All recent polls show that the vast majority of Americans are wanting to see Congress keep their word and cut the deficit. With this said, it certainly surprises me that this appropriations bill was reported out of committee with nearly $12 billion in 1995 spending cuts that do not go toward deficit reduction. The Brewster-Crapo-Minge-Browder lockbox amendment will ensure these cuts go only to deficit reduction.”