[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 67 (Tuesday, May 20, 1997)]
[House]
[Page H2935]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




        BALANCED BUDGET AGREEMENT PLAN OF ACTION WITHOUT DETAILS

  (Mr. PALLONE asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. PALLONE. Mr. Speaker, I would like to emphasize that today's vote 
on the balanced budget resolution is essentially a plan of action 
without the details. While there is tentative agreement concerning 
Democratic tax cut and spending priorities, Republicans can still try 
to eliminate many of these Democratic priorities when the details are 
worked out.
  According to today's Washington Times, the House Republican 
leadership has signaled that it is not opposed to the Republican 
right's conservative action team budget proposal, which may eliminate 
many of the Democrats' Families First priorities, including the HOPE 
education scholarship and the children's health care initiative, all in 
favor of larger tax cuts for the wealthy.
  Democrats, Mr. Speaker, will be watchful to make sure that this does 
not happen. Both the tax cuts and the spending priorities must 
primarily benefit working families.

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