[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 143 (Sunday, October 11, 1998)]
[House]
[Page H10516]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




             DISAGREEMENT BETWEEN REPUBLICANS AND DEMOCRATS

  (Mr. BALLENGER asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute.)
  Mr. BALLENGER. Mr. Speaker, I would beg all the Members to roll up 
their pants. It looks like it is getting heavy around here. The party 
of bigger government and higher taxes disagrees with the party of less 
government and lower taxes. The party of bigger government and higher 
taxes is threatening to shut down the government if the party of less 
government and lower taxes stands firm against creating more big 
government, more Federal bureaucracy in Washington, D.C., more spending 
on Federal programs.
  Well, I got some news for the President and the party of bigger 
government and higher taxes. My constituents did not send me here to do 
exactly the opposite of what I have promised I would do. They sent me 
here to reduce the size of government, not expand it. They sent me here 
to cut the size of Federal bureaucracy, not make it bigger. They sent 
me here to give local schools more say over how they run their affairs, 
not less. They sent me here to make sure that the government lives 
within its means, not find new ways for government to get around its 
budget agreements. Regardless of the excuse the Democrat agenda is 
always the same, more spending and more government.

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