[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 52 (Wednesday, May 4, 1994)]
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[Congressional Record: May 4, 1994]
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              ANTIHYPOCRISY DEFICIT REDUCTION ACT OF 1994

  (Mr. OBEY asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. OBEY. Mr. Speaker, I will be introducing tomorrow an alternative 
to the so-called A to Z bill, which I call the Anti-Hypocrisy Deficit 
Reduction Act of 1994. Under my proposal, my bill will provide for the 
same 56 hours of consideration for proposals to cut spending as is 
provided by the A to Z bill, with two critical differences: No. 1, we 
will require at least 1 working week's notice of the amendment so there 
will be some opportunity to analyze proposals which will be offered. 
And, second, I would require the Speaker to recognize Members who will 
offer amendments reducing or eliminating projects within their own 
district. That is why I call it the Anti-Hypocrisy Deficit Reduction 
Act of 1994.
  Instead of Members piously posing for political holy pictures by 
roundly denouncing spending in somebody else's district, I think they 
ought to be required to start in their own neighborhoods.

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