[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 86 (Thursday, June 30, 1994)]
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          TAXPAYERS' FRIENDS CONSISTENTLY VOTE TO CUT SPENDING

  (Mr. WALKER asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. WALKER. Mr. Speaker, there is an organization called the National 
Taxpayers Union that rates the Congress as to whether or not they are 
taxpayers' friends or big spenders. They take a look at each Member's 
voting record and decide whether or not that Member has done what he 
could to try to save the taxpayer money.
  I was reminded of that particular chart a few moments ago when the 
gentleman from Colorado [Mr. Skaggs] was talking to us about a vote 
that occurred on the floor the other evening, and I thought we ought to 
analyze the people who he talked about in terms of that record.
  He mentioned the gentleman from New Hampshire [Mr. Zeliff]. When I 
look at the National Taxpayers rating, Mr. Zeliff gets an A from the 
National Taxpayers Union. He is a taxpayers' friend.
  On the other hand, the gentleman from Colorado [Mr. Skaggs], who 
accused some Members of hypocrisy in his remarks, I look at the record 
and I find that the record of the gentleman from Colorado [Mr. Skaggs] 
with the National Taxpayers Union in the first session of this Congress 
was indeed, what, an F. He rates as a big spender.
  It seems to me we ought to have some element of fairness when people 
come to the floor and suggest hypocrisy on the part of others. 
Hypocrisy starts not in one vote. Hypocrisy is a question of all of the 
votes we cast, and whether or not we add up to being a taxpayers' 
friend or a big spender.

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