[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 38 (Tuesday, April 12, 1994)]
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                     SPENDING CUTS ARE HERE AT LAST

  (Mr. ZELIFF asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. ZELIFF. Mr. Speaker, as April 15 approaches, the American people 
are crying out for lower taxes. We all know that lower taxes come from 
lower spending.
  Mr. Speaker, spending cuts are coming.
  This week we will have the chance to vote for $26 billion in 
additional spending cuts when we vote to instruct the budget conferees. 
The House must vote for this important effort to show the Senate we 
mean business about spending cuts.
  But, Mr. Speaker, that is not the only chance this House has to cut 
spending.
  The bipartisan A-Z spending cuts plan now has 221 cosponsors--more 
than half the House. The Wall Street Journal says if A-Z succeeds, 
``Congress may never be quite the same again.''
  I agree. A-Z will finally give Members of this House a chance to make 
real votes on real spending cuts. A-Z would make Congress accountable 
to the people.
  The Boston Herald says ``for once Congress will be forced to judge 
each program by itself.''
  But perhaps a newspaper in my own district put it best when it said 
simply: ``Right on!''
  Mr. Speaker, spending cuts are here at last. Vote ``yes'' on $26 
billion cuts now, and vote ``yes'' on A-Z later.

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