[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 87 (Friday, July 1, 1994)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
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DEPARTMENTS OF VETERANS AFFAIRS AND HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT, AND 
             INDEPENDENT AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 1995

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                               speech of

                          HON. CASS BALLENGER

                           of north carolina

                    in the house of representatives

                        Wednesday, June 29, 1994

       The House in Committee of the Whole House on the State of 
     the Union had under consideration the bill (H.R. 4624) making 
     appropriations for the Departments of Veterans Affairs and 
     Housing and Urban Development, and for sundry independent 
     agencies, boards, commissions, corporations, and the offices 
     for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1995, and for other 
     purposes:

  Mr. BALLENGER. Mr. Chairman, I rise in opposition to the Roemer/
Zimmer amendment to terminate funding for the space station Alpha.
  Reducing the Federal deficit is one of my top priorities and I have 
supported previous efforts to end funding for the space station because 
funds from this program, over $2 billion, would be targeted for deficit 
reduction. Unfortunately, the sponsors of the amendment, chose to 
redistribute funds form the space station to other NASA programs. I 
plan to oppose the amendment for that reason.
  Should amendments to terminate the space station return to the 
original objective of deficit reduction rather than more congressional 
spending, I will reconsider my decision and again support efforts to 
terminate funding for the space station.

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