[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 93 (Thursday, June 8, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H5699]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




  PRESIDENT'S VETO FAVORS BIG GOVERNMENT, ABANDONS DEFICIT REDUCTION 
                                EFFORTS

  (Mr. RADANOVICH asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute.)
  Mr. RADANOVICH. Mr. Speaker, President Clinton's veto of the 
rescissions bill goes to the heart of the reason why the liberal 
Democrats lost control of Congress last year. Liberals are totally 
committed to big government, and it it totally outside their realm of 
understanding to reduce the deficit. They are incapable of thinking in 
terms of less government and less bureaucracy. Their political 
commitments and rigid ideology render them completely ineffective in 
solving the problem of deficit spending.
  When liberals like Bill Clinton get up and say they want to reduce 
the deficit, you have to wonder who he is trying to fool.
  I cannot for the life of me figure out how President Clinton has any 
credibility on deficit reduction or the budget.
  By vetoing the rescissions bill, the President says that big 
government and big bureaucracy are more important than our children's 
future. This is why liberals lost control of Congress. They say one 
thing, but do another. Liberals may say they want to balance the 
budget, but their actions say that government is more important than 
people, and certainly more important than America's future.

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