[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 149 (Thursday, October 28, 1999)]
[House]
[Page H11073]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




           BUDGET GIMMICKS AT THE EXPENSE OF AMERICA'S HEALTH

  (Mr. LEVIN asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. LEVIN. Mr. Speaker, I say to my colleague from Illinois, if you 
are interested in government waste, cut out the boondoggles in your 
bills, including in the districts of your leadership. These bills do 
nothing for Social Security, they do nothing for Medicare, and they 
will hurt every family.
  They also engage in budgeting by deceit. They say they have not 
raided Social Security, but they have, by $17 billion. Now they are 
engaging in deceit by delay.
  Here is the headline in the Post: ``Hill negotiators,'' that means 
Republicans, ``agree to delay part of NIH research budget.'' Here is 
what NIH says: ``These delays would hurt or could seriously hamper 
research efforts. To accommodate this delay, NIH would have to delay 
funding of over 8,000 new research grants until the final days of FY 
2000, research for cancer, research for heart disease, research on 
diabetes.''
  Republican budget gimmicks at the expense of America's health.

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