[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 28 (Tuesday, March 5, 1996)]
[House]
[Page H1668]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




   IN SUPPORT OF H.R. 994, SMALL BUSINESS GROWTH AND ADMINISTRATIVE 
                       ACCOUNTABILITY ACT OF 1996

  (Mr. BALLENGER asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. BALLENGER. Mr. Speaker, working Americans have suffered under the 
proregulation, protax policies of the Clinton administration. In 1993, 
Bill Clinton enacted the largest tax increase in history. Since then, 
average working Americans have had to deal with higher taxes on one 
hand, and stagnant wages on the other.
  Under President Reagan family income increased, the economy grew, and 
economic confidence soared. Today, the Clinton administration is 
overjoyed if growth is over 2 percent in a year. That's simply not 
getting the job done. We need faster economic growth and the way we do 
that is by easing the burden of Government. We need to cut taxes for 
families and cut repetitive and burdensome regulation on small 
business.
  Mr. Speaker, later today we will vote on H.R. 994. This bill will 
help create a cheaper and more effective regulatory system and let 
small businesses do what they do so well--create jobs and grow the 
American economy.

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