[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 24 (Tuesday, February 7, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H1292]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                         THE PRESIDENT'S BUDGET

  (Mr. HEFLEY asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. HEFLEY. Mr. Speaker, the President's budget is a microcosm of his 
entire administration: too little, too late.
  Sure, he has some spending cuts. But those cuts are not enough to 
satisfy the American people, or get the job done.
  He may have sprinkled in a few tax cuts, but they are far too late 
for the middle class.
  Mr. Speaker, the President's budget may not be dead on arrival, but 
it is on a respirator.
  Republicans will take up many of the President's cuts, while adding 
billions more. And we will look carefully at his other proposals. But 
clearly, the President has not gotten the message of the last election.
  We need a fundamental change in the Federal Government, not just 
tinkering around the edges.
  With his budget, the President has offered only a modified status 
quo. For many of us that simply is not good enough.




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