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On the recordMarch 11, 1994
House Budget Committee Republicans have a budget that encompasses four major issues facing our country: health care reform, crime, welfare reform, and deficit reduction. It also contains tax relief for American families suffering from successive tax increases over the past several years. I am proud to associate myself with this visionary budget. I hope that one day soon a budget similar to the Kasich GOP budget will be the last to pass under the King of the Hill procedure employed by the Democrats again this year to ensure passage of their lackluster budget resolution. By including full funding for the Affordable Health Care Now Act, the Republican welfare reform proposal, and a down payment on the Crime Control Act, this budget responds directly to these crucial issues. The President's budget includes funds for only one-half of the new police officers he has promised. The President fails to include funds for welfare reform altogether. On health care, the President excludes from the budget at least $1.4 trillion in health care spending he has proposed over the next 5 years, including in excess of $100 billion in payroll taxes that will devastate job providers. President Clinton promised tax relief to families in 1992, reversed his position and hit Americans with a tax hike. Profamily rhetoric served the President well on the campaign trail.
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Jim Sensenbrenner
Republican · Wisconsin

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Discussing the House Budget Committee Republicans' budget proposal and its implications.

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