[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 147 (Thursday, October 15, 1998)]
[House]
[Page H10922]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




 FROM DEFICITS TO SURPLUSES--WHAT THE VOTERS SHOULD REMEMBER WHEN THEY 
                            GO TO THE POLLS

  (Mr. BOB SCHAFFER of Colorado asked and was given permission to 
address the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. BOB SCHAFFER of Colorado. Mr. Speaker, late last night the 
Republican Congress and the Democrat President arrived at an agreement 
on the Nation's spending plan.
  Now our disagreement up to this time has delayed our adjournment by 6 
days now. What were we arguing about, one might ask. Well, Mr. Speaker, 
we were debating the merits of spending a budget surplus.
  Now before we get on to details of the spending, let us talk about 
this surplus. See, Mr. Speaker, were it not for the Republican 
Congress, we would still be debating the travesties of deficit 
spending. But today we are not. And that is what Americans should keep 
in mind. From deficits to surpluses, from runaway spending to lower 
spending, from higher taxes to lower taxes, from bondage to liberty. 
That is what happened when control of this Congress went from Democrat 
to Republican, and that is what voters should remember when they go 
next month from their homes to the polls.

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