[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 92 (Thursday, June 20, 1996)]
[House]
[Page H6633]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                        MEDICARE AND TAX BREAKS

  (Mr. GENE GREEN of Texas asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. GENE GREEN of Texas. Mr. Speaker, I am honored to follow my 
colleague from Arizona because I can tell that they are more interested 
in election year politics than they are in balancing the budget.
  Mr. Speaker, for years the Republicans have complained about 
Democrats being tax-and-spend liberals for causing the run-up in the 
budget deficit.
  I submit their annual budget. The budget that was passed last week 
actually raised the deficit.
  After 40 years in the political wilderness the Republican Party in 
consecutive years have shut down the Government and now passed a budget 
that will increase the deficit. Again I say, increase the deficit.
  At the heart of their budget are cuts in Medicare and tax breaks for 
the wealthy. They want to cut taxes $122 billion while at the same time 
increasing the deficit. Maybe they need to worry about the FBI 
investigation. Maybe they need to worry about something other than what 
the folks elected us here to do, to balance the budget, provide health 
care for seniors, provide education for our children and to make sure 
our country is defended.

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