Richard K. Armey: “Mr. Speaker, a very good friend of mine, Thomas Soul, once wrote a book entitled ``Conflict of Visions.'' It was a good…”

“Mr. Speaker, a very good friend of mine, Thomas Soul, once wrote a book entitled ``Conflict of Visions.'' It was a good book, and I would commend it to all of us. But what we are doing here today with this rule is we are setting up an opportunity for this House of Representatives to consider alternative visions. Earlier this year the President of the United States submitted his recommendation, his budget recommendation, to Congress. In that recommendation he set forth what is his vision for America. The President's vision was presented in a budget that called for 85 new spending programs, that created 39 new entitlement programs, that increased spending by $150 billion, and increased taxes and user fees by $130 billion. Mr. Speaker, the gentleman from Ohio (Mr. Kasich), the distinguished chairman of the Committee on the Budget, and the members of the Committee on the Budget got together, and they all agreed that that was not the vision for America that they would recommend to this House. In fact, they wrote a vision for America in which we see a contrasting view; that their vision says, let us reduce spending by $100 billion, and let us reduce taxes by $100 billion.”