[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 70 (Wednesday, June 8, 1994)]
[House]
[Page H]
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[Congressional Record: June 8, 1994]
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                     A BIG DEAL ABOUT SMALL CHANGES

  (Mr. HEFLEY asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. HEFLEY. Mr. Speaker, as the Congress works its way through the 
appropriations process, the American people should ask themselves: Are 
we getting our money's worth?
  We worked on a foreign operations spending bill last month, and soon 
we will be working on the other appropriation bills. But, in none of 
these bills will we make the sweeping changes desired by the American 
taxpayer.
  We continue to spend the people's money, seemingly unaware of the 
change of perceptions in the country and the change of reality in the 
world.
  In corporate America, companies are downsizing, becoming more 
efficient, and increasing productivity. In the Federal Government, we 
cut around the edges, if we cut at all. We make a big deal about small 
changes, and we spend the money we said we saved.
  Is this the reform we promised the American people in the election of 
1992? Are the American people getting their money's worth? What do you 
think?

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