[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 65 (Friday, May 10, 1996)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E777]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                          BALANCING THE BUDGET

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                            HON. RON PACKARD

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                          Friday, May 10, 1996

  Mr. PACKARD. Mr. Speaker, as my Republican colleagues and I continue 
to work on the fiscal year 1997 budget resolution, we are committed to 
our course--a balanced budget.
  The Republican budget plan will balance by the year 2002. It will 
protect priority programs with proven track records. It will privatize, 
eliminate, and reduce others that are inefficient and ineffective. It 
will provide middle-class families and small businesses with much-
needed tax relief. And, it will take the power, money and influence out 
of Washington, emphasizing local solutions to local problems.
  In contrast, President Clinton's budget only balances by raising 
taxes--on top of his historic 1993 tax hike. He would spend billions 
more of America's hard-earned dollars, perpetuating the big Government 
tax-and-spend policies that have characterized this administration. In 
fact, the President's budget creates at least 14 new Government 
programs and continues status quo welfare programs. If the current 
deficit was not enough, the President's budget would saddle future 
generations with at least $119 billion more in deficit spending.
  Mr. Speaker, the President's budget amounts to nothing more than 
higher taxes, more spending and bigger Government. American families do 
not want more added to their already unwieldy tax bill. They want 
smaller Government. They want less intrusive Government. Most of all, 
they want to keep their money--the money they work hard for so they can 
take care of their families, not the Government.

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