[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 85 (Wednesday, June 29, 1994)]
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[Congressional Record: June 29, 1994]
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         URGING MEMBERS TO VOTE FOR THE ROEMER-ZIMMER AMENDMENT

  (Mr. ZIMMER asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. ZIMMER. Mr. Speaker, today the House will vote on whether to 
continue funding the space station. Last year when the gentleman from 
Indiana [Mr. Roemer] and I proposed a straight cutting amendment, 
proponents of the space station argued that it would not cut the 
deficit. They said the money would be redistributed to other programs 
in conference.
  This year, Mr. Speaker, we are proposing an amendment that will 
explicitly reallocate the $2.1 billion from space station funds to more 
cost-effective programs within NASA. Now our opponents are complaining 
that we did not offer the same kind of amendment that they criticized 
last year.
  The truth is, Mr. Speaker, that killing the space station will cut 
spending by more than $60 billion over the next 18 years. Both the 
National Taxpayers Union and Citizens Against Government Waste 
understand this fact, and that is why they are including the Roemer-
Zimmer amendment in their score cards.
  Mr. Speaker, this may be the biggest single budget cut the House has 
an opportunity to vote on this year. Vote for the Roemer-Zimmer 
amendment.

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