[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 30 (Thursday, March 17, 1994)]
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[Congressional Record: March 17, 1994]
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          INTRODUCTION OF THE DEFICIT REDUCTION LOCK BOX BILL

  (Mr. BREWSTER asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. BREWSTER. Mr. Speaker, yesterday seven other Members of Congress 
and I introduced H.R. 4057, a bipartisan version of the deficit 
reduction lock box bill. Last year, two groups of Members from both 
sides of the isle introduced legislation that would lock away all 
spending cuts for deficit reduction. Yesterday, these two groups came 
together in a bipartisan effort to not only shrink the deficit, but 
force Congress to spend more wisely and cut more honestly.
  There is a growing frustration among all Members--both Democrat and 
Republican--that cuts we make in the appropriations bills are not real 
cuts.
  The money we think we cut from programs is later spent when an 
appropriations bill goes to conference. Mr. Speaker, this is a 
ridiculous practice, and must be stopped.
  Our new and improved, bipartisan lock box bill will guarantee that 
the deficit will be reduced when Congress approves spending cuts. The 
lock box is an air tight budget measure that ends the game of phantom 
spending cuts.
  Mr. Speaker, I request the support of the Members of this House for 
the deficit reduction lock box.

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