[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 120 (Wednesday, September 15, 1999)]
[House]
[Pages H8294-H8295]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




 THE BUDGET SURPLUS BELONGS TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE, NOT TO WASHINGTON 
                              BUREAUCRATS

  (Mr. HAYWORTH asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. HAYWORTH. Mr. Speaker, my colleague, the gentlewoman from 
Connecticut (Ms. DeLauro) has offered another textbook example of the 
politics of envy, because it comes down to this question, who do you 
trust more? My friend, the gentlewoman from Connecticut, places her 
trust in Washington bureaucrats. She believes Uncle

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Sam should be Big Brother, take our money, and invest it in government 
programs. She defines security by increased Washington spending.
  Mr. Speaker, this afternoon at 2 o'clock we will enroll the bill from 
the legislative branch that offers tax relief and tax fairness for all 
Americans, reducing the marriage penalty, ending the inheritance tax, 
working for commonsense policies because, Mr. Speaker, our commonsense 
conservative majority rejects the politics of envy and fear and 
embraces the policies of opportunity.
  One fundamental truth we understand in this majority, Mr. Speaker, 
the money belongs to the American people, not to the Washington 
bureaucrats.

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