[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 101 (Tuesday, June 20, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H6095]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


             WHAT A DIFFERENCE A REPUBLICAN MAJORITY MAKES
  (Mr. GUTKNECHT asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. GUTKNECHT. Mr. Speaker, the new Republican majority has decided 
to set an example for everyone else to follow. Today we are bringing to 
the floor our own funding bill, the legislative branch appropriations 
for fiscal year 1996. It may come as a shock to the American people, 
but, this year we are cutting our own budget by $155 million. Yes, $155 
million.
  Mr. Speaker, what a difference a Republican majority can make. We 
have worked hard to eliminate unnecessary programs, privatize programs, 
and to streamline this huge bureaucracy that we call our home away from 
home. We are going to make Congress work better with less money. In 
fact, if every other program in the Federal Government were being 
proportionately reduced, we would save more than $130 billion during 
the next fiscal year.
  Mr. Speaker, what a difference a Republican majority makes.

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