[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 199 (Thursday, December 14, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H14876]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




        OUR SPENDING MUST REFLECT BETTER PRIORITIES FOR AMERICA

  (Mr. WATT of North Carolina asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. WATT of North Carolina. Mr. Speaker, sometimes we complicate 
things so much here and we lose perspective, that when we are talking 
about a budget, it is about setting priorities. It is just like our 
budgets at home. What we spend our money on reflects our values and our 
priorities.
  As we proceed with these negotiations that are going on, I hope we 
will keep that in mind and reject the priorities that were set out in 
the budget reconciliation bill that the House and Senate passed and the 
President vetoed. Those priorities are mean-spirited: more expensive, 
less accessible, and lower quality health care; less commitment to 
education; higher taxes for working people; less nutrition; less 
immunization, less protection, and more poverty for children; less safe 
drinking water, more air pollution, more exposure to toxic waste; 
higher State and local taxes; less taxes for the rich at the expense of 
the poor. We ought to reject those priorities and set some better 
priorities for our country.

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