[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 86 (Wednesday, June 12, 1996)]
[House]
[Page H6188]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




         REPUBLICAN BUDGET BAD FOR SENIORS AND FOR THE DEFICIT

  (Ms. DeLAURO asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. DeLAURO.  Mr. Speaker, the House was scheduled to vote on the 
1997 budget yesterday but the vote was delayed at the last minute. It 
seems that the Republican budget, by their own admission, actually 
increases the Federal deficit.
  And freshman Republicans, many of whom campaigned back home for a 
balanced budget and many of whom voted for the balanced budget 
amendment, balked at voting for a budget that is not balanced.
  But today the Republican leadership has twisted enough arms and many 
of these same freshmen will support a budget that does exactly what 
they promised they would not do when they came to Washington: increase 
the deficit. What hypocrisy.
  And yet these same Republicans want the American people to trust them 
when they say their budget does not cut the Medicare program by $168 
billion over a 6-year period to pay for tax breaks for the wealthy. Do 
not be fooled. This budget is bad for seniors and bad for the deficit.

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