[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 51 (Tuesday, May 3, 1994)]
[House]
[Page H]
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[Congressional Record: May 3, 1994]
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              AMERICA NEEDS THE A TO Z SPENDING CUTS PLAN

  (Mr. GOODLATTE asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. GOODLATTE. Mr. Speaker, in the 1 minute it will take me to 
address the House today, $780,000 will be added to the national debt. 
And when the next 1-minute speech is delivered--another $780,000.
  And so it goes minute after minute, hour after hour, day after day, 
month after month, and year after year.
  While Members of the House come to the floor and pound their chests 
about the need to do something about the Federal budget deficit--
nothing gets done.
  The time for talk is over. The A to Z spending cuts plan, sponsored 
by Congressmen Rob Andrews and Bill Zeliff, offers a unique opportunity 
to cut wasteful spending, one program at a time, one rollcall at a 
time.
  The American people know that the current budget process is not 
working. Individual Members have been banned from offering amendments 
to cut wasteful spending, and more often than not forced one up-or-down 
vote on an entire pork-filled package.
  Mr. Speaker, all or nothing is no way to pass a budget. As the old 
saying goes, ``When you find yourself in a hole--stop digging.'' 
America needs the A to Z plan to cut spending.

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