[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 135 (Friday, September 23, 1994)]
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[Congressional Record: September 23, 1994]
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                         PAYING FOR OUR AGENDA

  (Mr. BALLENGER asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. BALLENGER. Mr. Speaker, although we have just unveiled our plan, 
our Democrat rivals have launched a desperate attack. They simply 
cannot believe that we can ease the tax burden on families and senior 
citizens and reduce deficit spending at the same time. That is because 
they cannot imagine a government that would be smaller and less 
intrusive in American's lives. Yet we Republicans have shown, in 
specific, credible budget proposals, that we can pay for every 
initiative we intend to propose and still shrink the budget deficit.
  The Democrat's effort to question our numbers reflect a weak attempt 
to deflect attention from the fundamental policy issues raised in our 
contract. We will propose the largest change in size, scope, and 
direction of the Federal Government since the 1930's. We will 
demonstrate how Republicans would bring sense to our national security 
policy, limit congressional terms, reform the legal system, 
substantially reduce Federal regulation, and, at the same time, allow 
working American families to keep more of their own money.

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