[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 6 (Wednesday, February 4, 1998)]
[House]
[Page H244]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                  PRESIDENT'S ``TAX AND SPEND'' BUDGET

  (Mr. CHABOT asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. CHABOT. Mr. Speaker, President Clinton just 3 years ago proposed 
a 5-year budget with $200 billion deficits every year for as far as the 
eye could see. We Republicans said no. We said no to big government, no 
to using phony numbers. We in Congress insisted on passing a bipartisan 
budget that balanced and that kept the lid on spending.
  Well, here we go again. It is back to budget-busting time. Once again 
it is going to be up to Congress to act like grown-ups and keep a lid 
on spending. The President's budget expands entitlement spending. It 
puts the Medicare program in jeopardy only 1 year after we acted to 
save it. Taxes go up and up again in the President's budget.
  Tax and spend, tax and spend. No matter how good the White House can 
spin it, and they are very good at spinning, the President's budget is 
a tax and spend budget.
  Mr. Speaker, let us balance the budget. Let us pay down the national 
debt. Let us really save Social Security, not with smoke and mirrors. 
And let us give the American people the much deserved tax relief.

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