[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 68 (Thursday, May 26, 1994)]
[Senate]
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[Congressional Record: May 26, 1994]
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              ARE YOU GETTING YOUR MONEY'S WORTH, AMERICA?

  (Mr. SMITH of Texas asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. SMITH of Texas. Mr. Speaker, this week Congress begins 
considering the annual appropriations bills, which fund the 
Government's programs.
  Before we rush to spend the Nation's money, we should ask ourselves 
the same question we would ask if we were spending our own: Are we 
getting our money's worth?
  Too often America's answer to this question has been ``no.''
  Democrats would like to try and convince us that America's answer is 
wrong. Republicans believe America's answer is right and it is the 
spending that is wrong.
  Nowhere is this truer than in the legislative appropriations bill 
that we vote on today.
  The question we should ask is simple: ``Are you getting your money's 
worth, America?''
  In the case of this administration and its legislation, the answer is 
a resounding ``no.''
  This Democrat-controlled House, Senate, and White House keep getting 
it backward. They insist on spending more and getting less, when in 
fact America will get more when we spend less.

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