[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 190 (Thursday, November 30, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H13811]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                  REPUBLICANS PROMISE BALANCED BUDGET

  (Mr. BASS asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. BASS. Mr. Speaker, we hear all this Chicken Little talk about how 
the end of the world is coming because of what the Republicans are 
doing to save this country for our children and our children's 
children. We hear that we are increasing spending on defense and we are 
making draconian cuts in social programs.
  Let me just advise you that under the Republicans' plan defense 
spending will go down $146.8 billion less than spending over the last 7 
years, welfare up $386 billion over spending in the last 7 years. The 
total increase for the Republican budget is $2.5 trillion over the next 
7 years.
  When I was running for election last year people said to me, ``Let's 
freeze Federal spending. Isn't freezing Federal spending a good way to 
balance the budget?'' Well, we are not freezing Federal spending, we 
are increasing Federal spending substantially.
  I think it is time that we laid the facts on the line here. We have a 
plan that will save this country for the next generation and the 
generation after that.

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