[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 19 (Wednesday, February 3, 1999)]
[House]
[Pages H382-H383]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                      THE RETURN OF BIG GOVERNMENT

  (Mr. EWING asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. EWING. Madam Speaker, today we gather in this House, we have 
things pretty good; but sometimes when things are too rosy, we lose 
track of where we are headed, and maybe what we ought to be looking at.
  The surplus is certainly something that we are glad to have, and I 
think that Members of this body who have supported good policy over the 
last few years can take credit for that.
  But in the President's address, I think something that is so badly 
needed that was lacking was how are we going to pay off the debt? The 
President's address should be entitled, ``The

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Return of Big Government.'' He declared the era of big government over 
just a couple of years ago, and now he is back with guns blazing: The 
return of big government.
  We need to save Social Security, we need to reduce the debt, and we 
need to return to the American taxpayers some of the overpayment they 
are making.

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