[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 34 (Thursday, February 23, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H2149]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


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                         DOWNSIZING GOVERNMENT

  (Mr. LIVINGSTON asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. LIVINGSTON. Mr. Speaker, the Committee on Appropriations has 
completed nine of the ten subcommittee mark ups for our fiscal year 
1995 supplemental appropriations and downsizing rescissions bills. Only 
the Legislative Branch Subcommittee remains to be marked up tomorrow. 
The results so far are that the various subcommittees have recommended 
more than $17 billion in rescissions of previously appropriated 
funding. If you add to this the $3.2 billion of rescissions included in 
the defense supplemental that the House passed on Wednesday, the 
Committee on Appropriations is developing bills that include over $20 
billion in rescissions.
  That is why tonight I take this opportunity to thank my subcommittee 
chairmen and the members of the Committee on Appropriations, both 
Republican and Democrat, and all our staff for their serious and 
fruitful efforts. Through hard work we are making big change, and most 
importantly, keeping promises to the American people.

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