[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 38 (Tuesday, March 19, 1996)]
[House]
[Page H2330]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




               PRESIDENT CLINTON SUPPORTS BIG GOVERNMENT

  (Mr. FORBES asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. FORBES. Mr. Speaker, less than 3 months ago President Clinton, 
who brought us Goals 2000, AmeriCorps, a $260 billion tax increase to 
pay for more Federal spending, a plan for Government-run health care, a 
$16 billion pork-barrel stimulus package, and to cap it all off $800 
billion in new debt, stood in this room and with a straight face spoke 
these words: ``The era of big government is over.''
  Well, well, well, and how is President Clinton hoping to end the era 
of big government today? Let us see, he is demanding, as his price to 
keep the Government open, $8 billion more--that is right $8 billion--in 
new big government spending.
  Mr. Speaker, the President may have declared the end of an era, but 
that is about all he did. Now, do not get me wrong, Republicans have 
done their part. We have saved American taxpayers more than $20 billion 
in the past year. But make sure you look beyond the words and observe 
the actions--Bill Clinton is big government's last line of defense, and 
he has got an $8 billion plan to prove it.

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