[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 143 (Thursday, September 14, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H8914]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


 INTRODUCTION OF LEGISLATION INCORPORATING THE BUDGET RESOLUTION INTO 
                                  LAW

  (Mr. SMITH of Michigan asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. SMITH of Michigan. Mr. Speaker, I wonder how many Americans feel 
that there is fraud and abuse, wasteful spending, that there is fat in 
this Federal Government, that the overspending of the Federal 
Government is leading us into a debt situation that is going to be 
intolerable for our kids and our grandkids.
  Over the last couple of months, as Republicans have tried to cut 
spending, in every occasion the other side of the aisle says, ``Well, 
you are cruel and mean-spirited.'' I am afraid that we are not going to 
reach a balanced budget; I think we need more legislative determination 
to assure that we do that.
  I have introduced a bill called H.R. 2295 that incorporates the 
budget resolution that we passed, in the House and the Senate, into 
law. It changes the 1974 Budget Act to incorporate into law those 
spending caps that will last until 2002. That legislation is going to 
help give politicians the intestinal fortitude to do what we should do, 
and that is balance the budget.

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