[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 71 (Thursday, June 4, 1998)]
[House]
[Page H4066]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                           AN EXTREME BUDGET

  (Mr. CARDIN asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. CARDIN. Mr. Speaker, one of the proudest moments of this Congress 
is when Democrats and Republicans, the Congress and the White House put 
aside their partisan differences and worked out a balanced budget. It 
not only balanced the Federal budget and brought us into surplus but 
has led to a very hot, growing economy.
  Now the Republican budget would reject that bipartisan agreement and 
take us back to the extremism that led to the shutdown of our 
government. It would mean cuts up to 25 percent, not 1 percent, of many 
programs that we have in government.
  Do not take my word for it. Senator Domenici said the Republican 
budget is a mockery. Senator Stevens, chairman of the Senate Committee 
on Appropriations said, ``I do not think Congress could function.''
  This is an extreme budget. For the sake of our veterans, for the sake 
of our students, for the sake of our seniors, for the sake of our 
taxpayers, let us, in a bipartisan manner, reject this extreme budget.

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