[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 104 (Tuesday, July 22, 1997)]
[House]
[Page H5565]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




    CONGRATULATIONS ON PASSAGE OF STAMP OUT BREAST CANCER ACT; AND 
       ANNOUNCEMENT OF FORMATION OF WASHINGTON WASTE WATCH CAUCUS

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under a previous order of the House, the 
gentleman from Pennsylvania [Mr. Fox] is recognized for 5 minutes.
  Mr. FOX of Pennsylvania. Mr. Speaker, I rise tonight to address my 
colleagues on two subjects. First, to congratulate the bipartisan 
fashion the passage of H.R. 1585, the Stamp Out Breast Cancer Act, 
which will authorize a 2-year demonstration project to offer the public 
a new way to fund research for breast cancer by raising money through 
especially designed U.S. postage stamps.
  This is an idea whose time has certainly arrived, Mr. Speaker. With 
the increased funding needs at NIH, and working with the important 
breast cancer groups across this country, we need all we can put 
together when it comes to detection, treatment, and cure for breast 
cancer in this country. I congratulate all the groups that were a part 
of moving this legislation forward. I know that the Senate is also 
moving forward on the bill and I look forward to the President's 
signature.
  I also want to announce a formation of the Washington Waste Watch 
Caucus, one that will zero in on the waste, fraud and abuse here in the 
Federal Government. I worked today with Thomas Schatz, the president of 
the Citizens Against Government Waste, which is an outgrowth of the 
Grace Commission, and together with Tom and other taxpayers groups and 
chamber groups we will work in a bipartisan fashion here in the House 
and in the Senate to make sure we identify those kinds of projects 
which are wasteful, which duplicate what States already do or local 
governments already do, and that cost too much for the Federal 
Government and costing, more importantly, too much for the taxpayers.
  We want to make sure the taxpayers get their moneys worth, and that 
is why I am pleased to be working with those who want to see the sugar 
and peanut subsidies eliminated. Artificially inflated prices for our 
consumers is not the right way to move America forward.
  Certainly as the gentlewoman from Washington, [Mrs. Linda Smith] just 
discussed, to move forward with again adding a tobacco subsidy when in 
this country we already have a policy that says the surgeon general has 
determined that smoking can be dangerous to our health, causes lung 
cancer, emphysema, we should certainly not have the same government 
saying from a health care point of view that we should though be 
smoking yet we have tobacco subsidies. Certainly this is the kind of 
project when it comes to the Washington Waste Watch we will be looking 
forward to seeing some positive changes in.
  We also have legislation calling for sunset review of Federal 
agencies, to make sure that where we should privatize, downsize, 
consolidate or eliminate, we will be looking at each agency over a time 
period to make sure we report back to Congress with our findings.
  So for my colleagues who are here tonight and those who may be 
looking from their offices, at their monitor, I would ask that they get 
in touch with me through the Washington Waste Watch Caucus, 435 Cannon 
Building, Washington, DC, with their suggestions, or call me at 202-
225-6111.
  I am looking forward to making sure that we make the government more 
responsive and that Congress leads the way working with the American 
people to make sure that we save money, spend wisely and make sure we 
look to the future in a fiscally responsible manner.

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