[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 92 (Wednesday, June 7, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H5631]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


               THE ADMINISTRATION IS REDUCING BUREAUCRACY

  (Mr. HOYER asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. HOYER. Mr. Speaker, although I had not intended to include this, 
let me say ``amen'' to the remarks of the gentleman from Florida. He is 
absolutely right. We ought to get a handle on that.
  The gentleman from Michigan who preceded him was absolutely wrong, 
however. He talks about reducing bureaucracy.
  This administration, ladies and gentlemen, has reduced bureaucracy by 
272,000 over the next 6 years, actually the next 4 years. We have 
already reduced over 100,000 Federal employees. This administration, 
contrary to the previous two administrations, is not just talking about 
it, and has saved $30 billion in Federal expenses, which is funding the 
crime bill.
  Whether you take the 1994 Crime Act, which I think was a smart and 
tough crime act, or the crime act that passed this House, both relied 
on the reductions in Federal employees that this administration, in its 
reinvention of Government, of doing more with less, has led and the 
Congress has supported.

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