[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 38 (Tuesday, March 19, 1996)]
[House]
[Pages H2328-H2329]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                     LAST STAND FOR BIG GOVERNMENT

  (Mrs. SEASTRAND asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Mrs. SEASTRAND. Mr. Speaker, call it Big Government's $8 billion last 
stand. It comes right on time, less than 3 months after President 
Clinton declared the era of Big Government is over. Well, of course, 
the President's policies have not exactly helped end Big Government's 
reign. We cannot forget the President's $16 billion pork barrel 
stimulus package, raising taxes to pay for more social spending. And 
even

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then the Democrat controlled Congress shot that idea down. But Big 
Government's biggest supporter did not stop there.
  The President raised taxes by $260 billion and used the money to 
increase spending. He vetoed the Republican balanced budget plan, the 
only realistic plan that achieved a balanced budget. Now he wants to 
raise taxes by $8 billion so he can spend more money on such important 
Government initiatives as step aerobics, massage schools, and helping 
kids in other countries learn how to measure rainwater.
  Mr. Speaker, the era of Big Government may be coming to an end, but 
with this $8 billion pork barrel package, the President has made it 
clear he is going down fighting.

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