[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 198 (Wednesday, December 13, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H14372]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




              CBO'S NEW PLOY: RABBITS POPPING OUT OF A HAT

  (Mr. TRAFICANT asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. TRAFICANT. Mr. Speaker, when it comes to the budget, Congress has 
seen it all: smoke, mirrors. We have read lips. We have even dated Rosy 
Scenario around here.
  But now there is a new ploy. Rabbits, Mr. Speaker. The Congressional 
Budget Office just announced that they have found $130 billion, $130 
billion that just popped up like a rabbit out of the hat.
  Now let us see if this adds up. We have a $5 trillion national debt, 
$300 billion annual budget deficits, and a Congressional Budget Office 
that at the very last minute just happens to find $130 billion that has 
been overlooked.
  Beam me up, Mr. Speaker. Someone is inhaling around here all right. 
Someone is definitely inhaling. I say if they are going to find $130 
billion and pull it out of a hat like a rabbit, why do we not just hire 
David Copperfield, Congress, and furlough all these workers at the 
Congressional Budget Office?
  I yield back the balance of these ploys.

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