[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 15 (Wednesday, February 25, 1998)]
[House]
[Page H582]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




           PRESIDENT'S BUDGET HEADING IN THE WRONG DIRECTION

  (Mr. ROGAN asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. ROGAN. Madam Speaker, I wish to make a few statements of 
principle. I consider tax increases to be a step in the wrong 
direction. I consider tax cuts to be a step in the right direction.
  I consider increased spending and bigger government a step in the 
wrong direction. I consider lower government spending and smaller 
government a step in the right direction.
  It is the belief of the Republican Party that the Federal Government 
has gotten too big, that tax burdens on families have grown too high, 
and that Washington is about the last place we ought to be looking to 
solve family problems.
  This is why Republicans believe that the President's budget proposal 
represents a step in the wrong direction for two very good reasons. 
First, it is a step toward higher taxes, with a request for $100 
billion in new taxes. Second, it is a step toward higher government 
spending; $100 billion in new spending.
  This is the wrong direction because it means government, instead of 
families, will grow stronger, Washington becomes more powerful, and 
Americans have less freedom.
  Madam Speaker, this is not what America voted for in November of 
1996.

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