[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 109 (Tuesday, July 29, 1997)]
[House]
[Page H5928]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                           BUSINESS AS USUAL

  (Mr. DeFAZIO asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. DeFAZIO. Madam Speaker, we have got the great bipartisan budget 
deal, a balanced budget with generous tax cuts. If it seems too good to 
be true, do you know what? It is.
  This is not a new day in Washington, DC. This is business as usual. 
Cutting up a fat hog, made wildly optimistic assumptions about the 
economy and revenues, cut social programs a little. Do not take a penny 
out of the Pentagon and give a host of generous tax cuts slanted toward 
the most wealthy in America and the largest corporations. A deal 
written behind closed doors announced last night; no written copies 
available to Members of Congress, nothing available for review, but it 
will be voted on tomorrow night, just to be certain that no one knows 
the details before the details leak out and it begins to stink like the 
Potomac in August.

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