[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 186 (Monday, November 20, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H13356]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                      DO NOT SACRIFICE THE PEOPLE

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under the Speaker's announced policy of May 
12, 1995, the gentleman from Alabama [Mr. Hillard] is recognized during 
morning business for 2 minutes.
  Mr. HILLARD. Mr. Speaker, I came to Washington to help the American 
people, and not vote for anything that would hurt them.
  The Republican budget would hurt the American people. For a week, the 
Republicans closed down the Government, sent Federal employees home, 
kept people from signing up for Social Security, Medicare or veterans' 
benefits, because they did not want to negotiate in good faith and tell 
the American people that a tax cut for the wealthy is not needed to 
balance the budget and would hurt most Americans.
  The Republicans want to balance the budget on the backs of the poor, 
the disabled, the elderly, and children of working mothers so that they 
can pay for a tax cut for the rich.
  I will continue to oppose the tax cuts for the rich, and I will 
continue to oppose hurting the American people.
  If the proposed budget does not strike the tax cut for the rich and 
provide fairly for the young, the elderly, the poor, and the disabled, 
it will be a bad budget and I cannot and will not support a bad budget.

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