[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 79 (Friday, May 12, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H4902]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




         REPUBLICAN PLAN UNFAIR TO MOST VULNERABLE POPULATIONS

  (Mr. WATT of North Carolina asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. WATT of North Carolina. Mr. Speaker, as we approach the budget 
debate next week, I think it is important for the American people to 
put this in perspective.
  We have cut taxes now $600 to $700 billion over the next 10 years to 
benefit the wealthy peoples. Now we have got to come up with some cuts 
in the budget to offset that lost revenue, $600 to $700 billion, to 
offset cuts in taxes for rich people.
  Well, we started by trying to do that on the backs of poor people, 
and we realized that there was not enough money in poor people's 
programs to do that. So now, next week, we are turning our attention to 
our senior citizens, and we will try to finish this job under the 
Republican plan by balancing the budget on the backs of our senior 
citizens, poor people, senior citizens, balance the budget on their 
backs, my colleagues say. Unfair to our most vulnerable populations.


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