[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 64 (Thursday, April 6, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H4342]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


    LAST NIGHT'S TAX-CUT BILL CUTS $5 BILLION FROM CRIME TRUST FUND

  (Mr. STUPAK asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. STUPAK. Mr. Speaker, even though I am a Democrat, I must say 
congratulations to my friends, the Republicans on this side of the 
aisle, for passing a Contract on America. They showed a lot of 
discipline in doing so, I say, ``Congratulations,'' but, being a former 
police officer, as I was for 13 years, I say, ``I admire the discipline 
you showed on the contract, but please use that discipline when you now 
try to pay for your contract.''
  As my colleagues know, the tax cut bill that was passed last night, 
in there they took $5 billion from the crime trust fund to start paying 
for these cuts. That $30 billion in the crime trust fund is going to 
pay for more prisons, is going to pay for local grants back to our 
districts.
  I say to my colleagues, ``You've already reneged on your first 
promise. You've cut $5 billion out of the crime trust fund to start 
paying for this new tax bill that you put forth, so what I ask you to 
do in your disciplined ways is quit spending the same money over, and 
over, and over again. Don't go back to your good old days of spend, 
spend, spend without the money being there.''
  So, again, congratulations, but let us be cautious on how we are 
spending that money three times over.

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