[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 89 (Tuesday, July 12, 1994)]
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[Congressional Record: July 12, 1994]
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                     SIGN A TO Z DISCHARGE PETITION

  (Mr. ZELIFF asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. ZELIFF. Madam Speaker, budget process reforms are important. I am 
pleased that the pressure to stop the A to Z spending cuts plan has 
brought budget process reforms to the floor.
  Let us make one fact crystal clear, however, budget process reforms 
are not spending cuts. If you want real spending cuts now, you must 
sign Discharge Petition No. 16.
  I am also pleased that the majority leader has decided to let us vote 
on three or four entitlement cuts as part of the pressure to stop the A 
to Z spending cuts plan.
  It is also crystal clear that three or four entitlement cuts selected 
by the same people that gave us the $4.7 trillion debt, are not the 
same as letting every member propose any entitlement cut that they 
want.
  If you want a real open rule to consider entitlement cuts sign 
Discharge Petition No. 16 now.
  Entitlements are over 50 percent of the budget. Should not more than 
three or four members be allowed to propose entitlement cuts? Why is 
the leadership afraid to let the elected members vote on spending cuts, 
Madam Speaker?

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