[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 63 (Wednesday, April 5, 1995)]
[House]
[Pages H4181-H4182]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


               LET US PUT OUR MONEY WHERE OUR DEFICIT IS

  (Mr. ROEMER asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. ROEMER. Mr. Speaker, in the last 91 days here in the United 
States Congress, we have passed some new legislation to give the 
President and the Congress more ability to cut spending and reduce the 
deficit. I voted for the line-item veto; I voted for the balanced 
budget amendment. But now the rubber meets the road. Now we have the 
opportunity to put our money where the deficit is.
  Are we going to spend over $700 billion that we cut in spending and 
give it 
[[Page H4182]] to corporations and wealthy individuals? Or are we going 
to give every single American a tax break and reduce the deficit, keep 
the interest rates down, keep the economy growing, allow Americans the 
opportunity to buy a new home? That is the tough decision we should 
make. Let us not pander for reelection in 1996. Let us make the 
difficult choice for our children and reduce spending and put it toward 
the deficit.

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