[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 6 (Wednesday, January 11, 1995)]
[House]
[Pages H182-H183]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                    BAN UNFUNDED MANDATES ON STATES

  (Mr. TIAHRT asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. TIAHRT. Mr. Speaker, today the Senate is considering a bill to 
ban unfunded mandates by Congress for States like Kansas. We must join 
with them so that no longer will Congress be able to mandate that 
States do things without funding. No longer will Congress attempt to 
balance the budget on the backs of the States.
  It took the Republican majority in the House and senate to bring this 
important issue to a vote. We will finally enact what State Governors 
like Kansas Gov. Bill Graves and State legislatures have been asking 
for years, to relieve the arrogant burden of denying money to States to 
pay for the Federal Government's mandates.
  [[Page H183]] Just as the American people have called for a ban on 
unfunded mandates, they have also called on Congress to balance the 
budget. Starting now we will work to control our spending and our own 
budget. It is what the people want, and what we intend to give the 
people.

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