[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 44 (Wednesday, April 20, 1994)]
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[Congressional Record: April 20, 1994]
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                      A-Z PLAN TO REDUCE SPENDING

  (Mr. ALLARD asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. ALLARD. Mr. Speaker, the A to Z spending cut plan is now 
cosponsored by a majority of the House. There are enough Members to 
force a discharge petition, and this process will begin next week.
  This is the spending cut plan that the American people have been 
demanding for years. Under this plan, a special session of Congress 
will be convened to deal exclusively with spending cuts.
  Individual spending items will be called up, debated, and voted on 
one by one. No longer will special pork projects be protected in huge 
appropriations bills. Each item of pork will be subjected to the light 
of day and Congress will have to go on record to fund or eliminate that 
item.
  For once we will know which Members of Congress are serious about 
cutting spending, and which ones are just full of hot air.
  The House majority has rejected the balanced budget amendment and the 
Penny-Kasich spending cut plan. Last week the majority even rejected 
$26 billion in additional spending cuts approved by the Senate. It is 
now time for the House to approve the A to Z spending cut plan.

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