[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 12 (Wednesday, February 9, 1994)]
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[Congressional Record: February 9, 1994]
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               THE MISINFORMATION CAMPAIGN ON THE BUDGET

  (Mr. DERRICK asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. DERRICK. Mr. Speaker, last year Congress approved a budget 
opponents claimed would ruin the Nation. They waged a campaign of 
misinformation aimed at the middle class. They said it would drive the 
economy into failure.
  However, 1 year later we find a substantially reduced deficit, a 
leaner Government, a growing economy and a stable middle class.
  The President's new budget, submitted this week, proposes more 
spending cuts and an even leaner Government. The new budget proposes to 
eliminate over 100 programs, thus saving billions of dollars.
  Last year reason defeated fearful rhetoric. Unfortunately, this year 
I expect to hear the same old wails of opposition as we take up the new 
budget. But the American public has caught on to that tactic.
  I am confident that reason will once again prevail, as we continue to 
lead our Nation into this new era.

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