[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 189 (Wednesday, November 29, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H13734]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




        REPUBLICANS ARE SINGING THE SAME OLD SONGS ON THE BUDGET

  (Mr. GUTTIEREZ asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. GUTIERREZ. Mr. Speaker, we keep hearing the same old songs in 
this House.
  It wasn't long ago that many of my Republican colleagues were singing 
the gospel of Voodoo Economics--that tax cuts for the rich and more 
money for defense that would magically add up to lower deficits.
  The result?
  A budget deficit that more than quadrupled during the 12 years Ronald 
Reagan and George Bush ran our Nation.
  But now, many of my colleagues who stood in this Chamber and voted 
for 12 years to burden working Americans with 300 billion dollars' 
worth of deficits and now singing loudly in the choir of fiscal 
responsibility again.
  They have a plan for getting our deficit under control.
  But it is the same old song, with a new twist.
  Tax cuts for the wealthy, more money for defense and devastating cuts 
in education, Medicare, and the programs that most American rely on 
every day.
  I think it is time to change our tune to supporting a responsible 
budget that puts our children, our students, our families, and our 
seniors first.
  My Republican friends might not know the words, but that would be a 
song that more working Americans could sing along to.

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