[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 39 (Wednesday, March 20, 1996)]
[House]
[Page H2471]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




      BIG GOVERNMENT IS NOT OVER WITH PRESIDENT'S SUBMITTED BUDGET

  (Mr. KNOLLENBERG asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. KNOLLENBERG. Mr. Speaker, the President has submitted his budget 
to Congress and here is the big surprise. The era of big government is 
not over. Once again, the President has said one thing and done 
another. His actions simply do not match his words. He said he would 
reduce spending and balance the budget, but what has he done? He has 
proposed more of the same old business that has piled up $5 trillion of 
debt.
  The President's budget has it all, billions in unneeded spending for 
wasteful programs, cleverly hidden tax increases, a back door increase 
on capital gains that will hurt the little guy. I had hoped that the 
President would have used this opportunity to offer a serious plan and 
engage in good-faith negotiations to balance the budget and get the 
economy moving again. Instead, he chose to favor his own reelection 
over the country's business. Now we can only hope that this is the last 
Clinton budget we will ever have to deal with.

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