[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 112 (Wednesday, July 12, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H6837]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                           CUT SPENDING FIRST

  (Mr. JONES asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. JONES. Mr. Speaker, Republicans are continuing to cut Government 
bureaucracy and waste today as we finish consideration of the energy 
and water appropriations bill. Keeping our promise to balance the 
budget by the year 2002, we have cut $1.6 billion from the 1995 funding 
level, which is $2 billion below the President's request.
  We have eliminated scores of Federal programs focusing on energy and 
water research which are more suited for the private sector, while at 
the same time preserving the basic scientific research programs that 
will allow our Nation to remain universally competitive.
  We have not forgotten what the people sent us here to do--cut 
spending first--that was their mandate back in November. Through this 
bill and others, we make the Government smaller, less costly, more 
efficient, and more accountable to the American people.


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