[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 45 (Wednesday, April 16, 1997)]
[House]
[Page H1547]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                        REDUCE FEDERAL SPENDING

  (Mr. CUNNINGHAM asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute.)
  Mr. CUNNINGHAM. Mr. Speaker, my father took home about 85 percent of 
his paycheck. My brother will take home about 45 percent of his 
paycheck. My daughters, at the current rate of taxes and spending, will 
take home between 10 and 16 percent.
  Yogi Berra once said, ``Ladies and gentleman, the future ain't what 
it used to be.'' When I grew up, if you worked hard and tried to save 
and put money back, you may have a little bit of a life with your 
family. More and more, that is increasingly different.
  Mr. Speaker, we need to reduce the amount of Federal spending and 
have an effective government. The President wants a $3 billion literacy 
program. There are already 14 literacy programs in education, all with 
bureaucracies, to where we get as little as 23 cents on the dollar down 
to the classroom. That is cutting education, Mr. Speaker.
  We need to work on both sides because American families are 
endangered in this country. A billion dollars a day, but not one penny 
goes to any of those.

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