[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 205 (Wednesday, December 20, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H15212]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




TIME FOR SECRETARY O'LEARY TO RESIGN AND FOR THE PRESIDENT TO NEGOTIATE 
                           A BALANCED BUDGET

  (Mr. TIAHRT asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. TIAHRT. Mr. Speaker, it is no wonder the President is unable to 
come up with a balanced budget. He has Secretary O'Leary tied around 
his neck like a millstone. Secretary O'Leary has taken 16 international 
trips, she takes as many as 50 staffers with her, 60 other guests, she 
hires photographers and video crews to catch her at her best. She has 
520 public relations employees. She has a personal media consultant, 
even hired a private investigative firm to see what reporters and 
Congressmen are trying to see which reporters and Congressmen tarnish 
her image, all at a cost of about $30 million to taxpayers.
  Mr. Speaker, it is not about the tax breaks for the rich or Medicare. 
That is all bogus. It is about wasting millions of dollars. Mike Royko 
of the Washington Times had it right:

       Buy a rope, tie one end of the rope to Mrs. O'Leary's 
     ankle, tie the other end to her desk. See, whipping the 
     deficit doesn't seem to be so complicated.

  Mr. Speaker, it is time for Secretary O'Leary to resign, and it is 
time for the President to honestly negotiate a balanced budget.

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