Merrill Cook: “I think that the gentleman and I agree that as we end up 1998 and as we prepare for 1999, the last thing this Congress…”

The gentleman from Wisconsin I appreciate him yielding.

The gentleman from Michigan another question that I think kind of puts this all into perspective.

I think some of our other colleagues are saying if we are going to spend this 18 billion this year we ought to find offsets, but the worst case scenario would be that in the next 3 or 4 weeks we do an 80 billion to 90 billion spending…

The gentleman from Michigan and my colleagues, I honestly believe we can do tax cuts this year if we just get our nerve back to control wasteful government spending.