[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 8 (Thursday, February 3, 1994)]
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[Congressional Record: February 3, 1994]
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                    FUND NEEDED FOR EMERGENCY RELIEF

  (Mr. BOEHNER asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. BOEHNER. Mr. Speaker, today the House will pass earthquake relief 
for California. Certainly, with the devastation they have had there, 
they are in need and deserve the help from Washington. But also today 
we are going to have a debate about whether Washington ought to pay for 
this disaster relief.
  Mr. Speaker, over the years, and especially since 1990, we have spent 
$13 billion beyond what was budgeted, and we merely added it to the 
debt, for disaster relief without paying for it.
  So we are going to have a debate today about whether Congress ought 
to pay for disaster relief, or whether we ought to continue to just add 
it to the debt.
  Mr. Speaker, it is time for Congress to quit acting like Santa Claus, 
or passing the bill on to our children and grandchildren.

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