Charles W. Stenholm: “I rise today in support of House Concurrent Resolution 218, the budget resolution for fiscal year 1995. I do so with…”

“I rise today in support of House Concurrent Resolution 218, the budget resolution for fiscal year 1995. I do so with praise for my chairman, Mr. Sabo, for the manner in which he always conducts business within our committee. I also do so, however, with mixed feelings about the missed opportunities of this budget. Last year, in writing about the fiscal year 1994 budget resolution, five Democratic Members stated, We are disappointed that we did not address the issue of entitlement spending more than we did in this resolution. Even a cursory examination of our national spending points out the inevitability of dealing with entitlement spending if we are to have money to spend on any other programs while bringing our budget into balance. We must develop meaningful budget enforcement legislation which must include some mechanism to force us to deal with entitlements in future years. Unfortunately, those views are just as relevant today as they were a year ago. We find ourselves in a position again this year of noting that the budget resolution accomplishes a minimal amount of what should be done on the resolution, but that a far greater portion was left unaddressed.”