[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 52 (Wednesday, May 4, 1994)]
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[Congressional Record: May 4, 1994]
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                   SIGN THE A TO Z DISCHARGE PETITION

  (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, the failed budget provisions of the past 
have given us a $4.5 trillion debt. It is time for change.
  The A to Z spending cut plan places every program on the table for 
review. It allows us to cut entitlements, it allows us to make 
decisions to cut authorizations, it reduces spending caps, so that the 
spending cuts are real.
  We must remove the budget gag rules that prohibit us from attacking 
the national debt.
  Today is Congressional Accountability Day.
  Many Members who ran for Congress pledged to cutting wasteful 
Government spending.
  Others pledged to balance the budget.
  A lot of us pledged to cut the $4.5 trillion debt.
  Many of us pledged to reform Congress.
  We promised to fight for change.
  Most of us have talked the talk. Today is the day to walk the walk.
  Today is the day to sign the A to Z spending cut discharge petition 
as almost 100 of our colleagues have done. Today we are accountable. 
Will it be business as usual? Or will we take a new road. Do we have 
the courage to stand up for real change? Today, by our actions, each of 
us will be accountable to the people of America.

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