[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 6 (Wednesday, February 4, 1998)]
[House]
[Page H247]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


[[Page H247]]
         THE ERA OF BIG GOVERNMENT CONTINUES TO LIVE IN INFAMY

  (Mr. SOLOMON asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. SOLOMON. Mr. Speaker, we seem to be living in a Humpty Dumpty 
world today. Humpty Dumpty says, ``When I use a word, it means what I 
mean it to mean.'' I think that applies to the person who announced in 
his State of the Union address 2 years ago the era of big government is 
over.
  I guess the question that all America would like to know is what the 
President meant when he said that. Does he mean that the government 
will not continue proposing huge programs to achieve social goals? Does 
he mean that government spending will decline or even the spending as a 
percentage of GDP will decline? Does he mean that the trend towards 
ever more control and micromanagement from Washington will end? Does he 
mean local control will be given preference over Federal bureaucratic 
control from Washington?
  The Humpty Dumpty truth is that the President's budget answers no, 
no, no, to all of these questions. Yes, Mr. Speaker, the era of big 
government continues to live in infamy.

                          ____________________