[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 204 (Tuesday, December 19, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H15097]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




         BUDGET MUST REFLECT PRIORITIES OF THE AMERICAN PUBLIC

  (Ms. DeLAURO asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. DeLAURO. Mr. Speaker, if we pass the Republican budget, the 
children of the gentleman from New Jersey [Mr. Pallone] will have the 
air that they breathe fouled, the water they drink dirty, we will deny 
them their opportunity for student loans to be able to get an 
education.
  This Republican budget does exactly what it says it does, and it 
denies children opportunity, if you take a look at it, chapter and 
verse, and you look at the fine print.
  Last month, Mr. Speaker, Speaker Gingrich shut down the Government 
because he did not like his seat on Air Force One. Now, he is at it 
again. What was it this time that caused the Speaker's tantrum? Who 
knows? Perhaps he was invited to breakfast at the White House and 
President Clinton got two slices of bacon while Speaker Gingrich only 
got one.
  What we do know is the American people have rejected Speaker 
Gingrich's budget, a budget which would devastate Medicare, Medicaid, 
and education, to finance a tax cut for the wealthy. Instead of 
listening to the American people, the Speaker chooses to shut down the 
Government to get his way. That is not leadership. It is childish.
  The Speaker should have a budget that reflects the priorities of the 
American public, not his own.

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