[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 147 (Tuesday, October 26, 1999)]
[House]
[Page H10774]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




             REPUBLICAN BUDGET PLAN MAKING WRONG DECISIONS

  (Ms. DeLAURO asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. DeLAURO. Mr. Speaker, the Republican leadership's budget plan 
does not make the tough decisions that we were sent here to make. 
Instead, it makes wrong decisions. According to their own, their own 
accounting office, the Republican leadership has already spent $13 
billion from Social Security. In fact, they have picked the lockbox.
  This money should not be spent. It should be kept in the Social 
Security Trust Fund so that we are prepared when the baby-boomers 
retire. No amount of rhetoric can change the facts. The Republican 
leadership is spending Social Security, despite the priorities of the 
American people.
  This budget is a windfall for special interests, billions of dollars 
for military equipment that the Pentagon does not even want. Billions 
more will go for corporate welfare that opens public lands to oil and 
timber interests. Yet the budget cuts funding for smaller classes, 
which would improve discipline and give children more individual 
attention. It also cuts funding for police officers that have reduced 
crime in our neighborhoods. It ignores the fact that our seniors need a 
moderate Medicare program with a prescription drug benefit. It is 
irresponsible and poorly planned.

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