[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 32 (Tuesday, February 21, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H1912]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




MEMBERS URGED TO SUPPORT BUDGET-NEUTRAL APPROACH TO APPROPRIATIONS AND 
                              RESCISSIONS

  (Mr. CHAMBLISS asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. CHAMBLISS. Madam Speaker, this week, the House will take up 
consideration of H.R. 889 and H.R. 845, the emergency supplemental 
appropriations and rescissions measures for fiscal year 1995.
  Several weeks ago in his annual budget proposal, the President sent a 
$2.5 billion supplemental spending request to this Congress--funds to 
cover the costs associated with unplanned and unbudgeted military 
operations abroad.
  Aside from the question of how vital these military missions were to 
the national security of our great Nation, the President failed to 
include in his request the necessary rescissions to pay for the 
missions.
  Well, Madam Speaker, this President's supplemental request is nothing 
more than another rubber check written by the Federal Government. And 
in this case, it is the armed services and the American people who will 
pay the overdraft charges.
  Fortunately, House appropriators have insisted on a budget-neutral 
approach to supplemental spending. Support H.R. 889 and 845.

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