[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 111 (Thursday, July 25, 1996)]
[House]
[Page H8383]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                     THE PRESIDENT AND THE CONGRESS

  (Mr. KNOLLENBERG asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. KNOLLENBERG. Madam Speaker, here they go again. No ideas, so let 
us scare America with White House distortions and union leader lies.
  Before Republicans took control of Congress last year, the 
President's 1995 budget had a rising deficit. Now overnight he is a 
budget hawk.
  There is no real surprise here. The winds have shifted so the 
President has changed his sails.
  But here is the truth: It is the Republican-led Congress that has cut 
the deficit. It has been cut $43 billion just last year. Yet the 
President has the gall to take the credit. It is like the rooster 
taking credit for the sunrise. We would have saved even more if the 
President had not stood in our way. He has literally fought against 
deficit reduction by begging for more spending on pet programs.
  The only areas where the spending continues to grow out of control is 
Medicare and Medicaid, more than $50 billion. Yet when we tried to 
address the problem, he looked the other way.
  What we get from the White House leadership is a steady stream of 
whining because they cannot cut themselves off from the spending gravy 
train.
  Madam Speaker, I yield back the balance of White House promises 
withering on the vine.

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