[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 109 (Friday, June 30, 1995)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1379]
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                     WHAT THE AMERICAN PEOPLE WANT

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                          HON. LAMAR S. SMITH

                                of texas

                    in the house of representatives

                          Friday, June 30, 1995
  Mr. SMITH of Texas. Mr. Speaker, the American people sent us to 
Washington to balance the budget. We now have a balanced budget that 
restores this American dream.
  The American people sent us to Washington to deflate the uncaring 
Federal bureaucracy that meddles in and micromanages their lives. Our 
conference budget eliminates dozens of needless commissions, 
streamlines agencies, and consolidates departments.
  The American people sent us to Washington because they are tired of 
Alice in budgetland gimmicks and games and want honest kitchen-table 
accounting. By ending the deceptive practice of baseline budgeting, 
we've ended Congress' shell game, which raided the family budget for 
the ever-increasing Federal budget.
  The American people sent us to Washington to cut Federal spending and 
we have. We eliminated 283 programs: some wasteful, some outdated, some 
duplicative, and some run better by families, communities, and 
neighborhoods.
  The American people sent us to Washington to save and protect 
important entitlement programs by controlling the spiraling growth that 
threaten them. We do this by our plan to fix, save, and improve 
Medicare.
  Mr. Speaker, it's not the Government's money to take. It's the 
family's money to keep. Vote for the balanced budget that we've agreed 
upon. Reduce the Federal budget to increase the family's budget.


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