[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 77 (Wednesday, May 10, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H4674]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                        WASHINGTON PHILANTHROPY

  (Ms. PRYCE asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. PRYCE. Mr. Speaker, in the early 1990's, a study was completed by 
political scientist James L. Payne. Mr. Payne tabulated the witnesses 
who appeared before congressional hearings. The findings are 
astonishing. He found that 95.7 percent of those who appeared came to 
urge more spending. Only 0.7 percent came to urge against more 
spending.
  Washington has created a culture of spending. People come to 
Washington, perhaps with good intentions, and are sucked into this 
philanthropic swirl, where problems somehow go away if more tax dollars 
are spent.
  Well, the game is up. Last November, the American people said 
``enough'' and put Republicans in charge of Congress to put an end to 
the 40-year-long philanthropic tendencies of our friends on the other 
side.
  If spending tax money truly solves problems, America would be the 
most trouble free society in the world. But we're not. Today, America 
is facing a $4 trillion national debt in the face of some of the worst 
societal conditions we have ever witnessed. It's time to break 
Washington's spending culture. Philanthropy is a wonderful thing, but 
not with tax dollars.

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