[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 171 (Wednesday, November 1, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H11592]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




             PROHIBITING DEFENSE CONTRACTORS FROM LOBBYING

  (Mrs. SCHROEDER asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Mrs. SCHROEDER. Mr. Speaker, basically what is going on here is not a 
debate about will we cut the budget. Of course. It is not a debate 
about will we cut the deficit. Of course. The question is who bears the 
brunt of the cuts, and is that fair.
  You know, we just heard a 1-minute about charities lobbying. Well, I 
have an amendment trying to prohibit defense contractors from lobbying. 
Guess what, it got turned down. You talk about federally subsidized 
lobbying, and boy, did it pay off. They are getting about $8 billion 
more in defense dollars than the President asked for or the Joint 
Chiefs of Staff asked for.
  So to get to a balanced budget then, if you are going to let those 
paid lobbyists have their way, you are going to have to cut someone 
else. So who are we cutting? Well, we hear the Speaker saying he hopes 
Medicare dies on the vine, so I guess we are going to cut the older 
people. We see people saying we have got to do away with nursing home 
provisions and so forth.
  So the issue is not will we, the question is how we, and the question 
is who we listen to.

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