Mark Neumann

this is a very important concept here, and the gentleman understands just how concerned I am with the Federal deficit. I know, from serving with the gentleman on the Budget Committee, he understands just how strongly I feel about things…

I rise to make it perfectly clear my opposition to the amendment in the form of a substitute, and I would like to make it clear exactly what is going on in this amendment in the form of a substitute. What is happening here is they are…

No, it says very specifically in there that it must be budget-neutral over a 5-year period of time.

It say specifically that the cost has to be neutral over a 5-year period of time.

I am hearing this is about politics. We just saw the headline there in the Wisconsin State Journal after the President's address: ``Wisconsin Welfare Plan Okayed by Clinton.'' It was the next day. It was literally the Monday after this…

That is money from the taxpayers in the State of Wisconsin, and they have already decided how they would like to spend that tax money. I for one believe that the people in the State of Wisconsin ought to have the right to decide how that…

The thing is I do not happen to think that we need a Washington review of what has already been done.

What this bill does, very simply, is this bill very simply says we have confidence in the people of the State of Wisconsin.

What we are doing in this bill is we are simply expressing our confidence in the State of Wisconsin legislature.

I personally take offense at that. The basketball teams in Janesville are dynamically great.

we seem to be radically off track in this debate. Those waivers were developed and debated. The program was developed in Wisconsin for 18 months and was debated for 18 months in the State of Wisconsin.

I have to tell my colleagues, I have a lot of faith in the people of Wisconsin. The point here is that both the Democrats and the Republicans in the State of Wisconsin want this to happen. I see absolutely nothing that would lead me to…

I would like to point out some of us in this room do have a pretty good handle on what is being proposed.

I rise to oppose this motion to instruct. I would like to correct what was just said. Mr. Speaker, what we are being asked to do tonight is we are being asked to support the concept of the deficit going back up again in fiscal year 1997. I…

I would just point out on a radio address Saturday about a week ago, the President said that he had received what he needed in that radio address. He said to the American public that he supported the Wisconsin plan, and I can quote…

this issue of whether or not we should pass the blue dog budget is really a very, very simple matter. When put into perspective, under the blue dog budget the American people would pay $211 billion more in taxes as compared to the…

That is called takings, and that is the third antienvironmental vote we took. Let me do one more question. If there was a forest fire and the trees burned out, and we are now looking at all this charred timber out there, and a lumber…

I do a little environmental quiz and I just ask a few questions. The first one is, does the gentleman think it makes sense for the Federal Government, before they initiate a new rule or a new regulation, to do a cost-benefit analysis; that…

Just a couple of points. With the 760 different educational programs, would you have any idea how many bureaucrats are necessary to run each one of the programs?

That is the first antienvironment vote that we took, because that is what we said. We want a cost-benefit analysis before we enact a new regulation. Does the gentleman think it makes sense, when we talk about spending the American…

I will just point out with 250 million people in the United States of America, that is literally one home for every 5 people with the money we have spent. The other thing I could not help but think, as the gentleman from Kansas was going…

It is not only the person that is working on the home that winds up moving into the home, it is the community leaders and the community involvement that makes this process successful. I still ride by that first house that we built in…

That was the fourth antienvironmental vote that has been scored by the environmental groups in this country today.

I think this whole thing comes down to how can we best turn that responsibility over to the people locally to best allocate those dollars to do the best job for their people in their own community. That is really what this should be all…

With 760 different programs and a large number of bureaucrats, Washington bureaucrats, necessary to run each one of the programs, and each one of those bureaucrats drawing a salary, we have many, many tax dollars designed to help the…