[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 22 (Friday, February 3, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H1161]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


    INTRODUCTION OF LEGISLATION ON MAKING GOVERNMENT MORE EFFICIENT

  (Mr. FOLEY asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. FOLEY. Mr. Speaker, since I spoke here a week and a half ago 
about the outrageous amounts of money this body spends to provide 
Members of Congress with their own gold embossed set of code books, I 
received a great deal of support from colleagues on both sides of the 
aisle.
  Today I will introduce a resolution that will make a few simple 
changes in the way Members obtain the United States Code book. First of 
all, this resolution will not prevent Members from obtaining the laws 
of this land for their use as legislators.
  Instead, the measure will actually expand options for obtaining the 
code. For instance, if they choose, Members can purchase the entire 
code for $37 on CD-ROM, or they can obtain the Government printed 
version of the code for a fraction of the cost. If they really want 
these gold books, buy them out of your own office account, not the 
Clerk's contingency fund.
  Mr. Speaker, today is the 81st anniversary of the 16th amendment 
which gave the power of government to tax. Boy, have we taxed, and, 
boy, have we spent.
  To people inside the beltway, saving half a billion dollars may be 
small and minuscule. To me it is a lot of money. To the taxpayers it is 
a lot of money.
  I urge you to support my resolution on making Government more 
efficient.

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