[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 89 (Tuesday, July 12, 1994)]
[House]
[Page H]
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[Congressional Record: July 12, 1994]
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                         COST OF GOVERNMENT DAY

  (Mr. BOEHNER asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. BOEHNER. Madam Speaker, July 10 has come and gone without much 
fanfare. Members probably wonder, what is July 10? July 10 was cost-of-
government day. It was that day that the average American worker 
finally had worked all year from January 1 through July 10 to pay for 
the cost of government.
   Madam Speaker, it is not just taxes, it is government regulations; 
it is red- tape. Average American workers spend 53 percent of their net 
income to pay for government. Fifty-three percent. We wonder why the 
American people cannot afford housing, why the American people do not 
have money for their colleges, for their young children.
  The fact is we all know government is too big and it spends too much. 
The biggest chunk of that 53 percent is the American people's 
obligation to this Government here in Washington.
  Madam Speaker, it is time for all of us to stand up and begin to look 
for ways to reduce the cost of government for the average American 
because if we really want to restore the American dream for our 
constituents, for our neighbors, we have got to get government off 
their back and put government once again in a position to help them.

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