[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 167 (Thursday, October 26, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H10851]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                 THIS BUDGET BILL DOES THE WRONG THING

  (Mr. WARD asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. WARD. Mr. Speaker, today we are going to be faced with a budget 
which I feel does the wrong thing. It does the wrong thing because it 
cuts at the very heart of our safety net in this country, and that is 
our seniors and their reliance on the Medicare Program.
  A $270 billion reduction in the spending over the next 7 years will 
absolutely be a cut in services. And why? At the same time I wonder are 
we being given the choice, not given the choice, not given the choice 
to take out of this bill a $245 billion tax break.

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  This tax break is not needed. It is only being funded this year by 
the cuts that will be seen in the Medicare Program. Why, oh why, in the 
efforts to balance the budget are we reducing taxes when we are seeing 
the highest income earners in America seeing their taxes reduced by 
this bill?

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