[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 135 (Thursday, September 26, 1996)]
[House]
[Page H11233]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                      THE 104TH CONGRESS IN REVIEW

  (Mr. WYNN asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. WYNN. Mr. Speaker, we are about to reach the end of the fiscal 
year. As they like to say, why do we not have a year in review, or 
rather, how about the 104th Congress in review?
  Let us see. In the spring of 1995, the Republican majority brought us 
cuts in the school lunch program. I do not understand that, why we 
would take funds away from a vital program that helps young people get 
decent nutrition so they can learn. At any rate, the Democrats fought 
back.
  Then in the summer of 1995, they brought us $270 billion in cuts in 
Medicare, and also cuts in Medicaid, to finance big tax breaks for the 
wealthy, people like your local Congressman, your doctor, your local 
lawyer, your accountant. They do not need big tax breaks. We certainly 
need to protect the integrity of Medicare.
  Then in the winter of 1995 and 1996, they gave us two Government 
shutdowns because they could not get their way. Even when President 
Clinton submitted a balanced budget approved by CBO they were not 
satisfied. Those Government shutdowns cost the taxpayers a whopping 
$1.4 billion and caused tremendous hardship.
  Then we had the spring of 1996 stop-and-go government because they 
wanted to cut education. I do not think the grade is going to be very 
good.

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