[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 6 (Wednesday, January 11, 1995)]
[House]
[Pages H185-H186]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


  WHAT PROGRAMS WILL BE CUT TO ACHIEVE THE BALANCED BUDGET AMENDMENT?

  (Mr. BECERRA asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. BECERRA. Mr. Speaker, the citizens of this country deserve to 
know what is really at stake when it comes to the balanced budget. 
Everybody agrees we have to reduce and ultimately eliminate the Federal 
budget deficit, but what will it really take to get a balanced budget 
in 7 years without touching the amount of money we now spend on defense 
as the Republican majority proposes, while at the same time offering a 
big cut in income taxes?
  The Republican leadership is doing a real disservice to the American 
people by refusing to disclose what kinds of middle class programs we 
will probably have to get rid of in order to have to balance the budget 
by 2002.
  Just a few minutes ago in the Committee on the Judiciary the 
Republican 
[[Page H186]] majority defeated an amendment to exclude Social Security 
from cuts to balance the budget.
  What about student assistance? Probably kiss it goodbye. Unemployment 
insurance? Major cuts. Medicare programs? Devastating cuts. What about 
cures for cancer? Our research institutions are facing massive cuts if 
this budget amendment passes.
  These are just a few examples of the kinds of massive program cuts 
that will occur. It is time for this open Congress to be truly open and 
tell the people how it will balance the budget.

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