[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 139 (Thursday, October 14, 1999)]
[House]
[Page H10036]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


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                      SLASH AND BURN SPENDING CUTS

  (Ms. SANCHEZ asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Ms. SANCHEZ. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to call attention to the 
actions of the House leadership. The Republicans cannot make the tough 
choice on government spending, so they have resorted to across-the-
board spending cuts. It is a slash-and-burn budget cutting, and this 
will fall squarely on the backs of seniors and children, the most 
vulnerable members of society. That means cutting food and education 
programs to poor children and destroying Meals on Wheels for home-bound 
seniors. The programs that have been so successful in empowering our 
citizens to succeed like Head Start and Gear Up and adult literacy 
programs are slashed or gone entirely.
  Mr. Speaker, the Republicans have missed their budget deadline. They 
have busted the budget caps, all the while claiming to be fiscally 
responsible, and they are spending the Social Security surplus, more 
than $19 billion of it.
  So now we must judge them by their actions, or in this case, their 
gimmicks, calling the census an emergency, or adding a thirteenth month 
to the calendar year. This is not the kind of leadership the American 
people need and deserve from their elected representatives.

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