Lloyd Bentsen: “I applaud the House for undertaking these proposals, many of which I campaigned for and many of which I support and will…”

“I applaud the House for undertaking these proposals, many of which I campaigned for and many of which I support and will support today. But I have to agree with my colleague from Indiana that I think we should include his legislation to make some of these cuts real. Unlike my colleagues in the majority, I have gone beyond supporting cuts in committee staff to making cuts in my personal staff, and that is hard to do as a new Member. I think it is important, and like my new colleague from Kentucky who spoke from the other side of the well said today, it is important we show the American people we are willing to lead on cutting the deficit. I have taken that; the gentleman from Indiana has offered legislation which would do that, and I think we should include it.”