[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 163 (Wednesday, November 17, 1999)]
[House]
[Page H12114]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                    THE KIND OF RELIEF AMERICA NEEDS

  (Mr. BARTLETT of Maryland asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. BARTLETT of Maryland. Mr. Speaker, call me a skinflint, but I 
think a million dollars is a little too much to spend on building an 
outhouse. But, apparently, the National Park Service disagrees, because 
that is just how much it spent to build an outhouse at Glacier National 
Park in Montana.
  That is $1 million of the taxpayers' hard-earned dollars.
  To get to this outhouse, should one need such relief, one need only 
hike 6\1/2\ miles from the nearest road and climb 7,000 feet. It took 
more than 800 helicopter drops and hundreds of horse trips to get the 
construction materials to the site. That is a lot of hassle; but, hey, 
it does have a complete septic system.
  Mr. Speaker, this is exactly the kind of waste that needs to be 
trimmed out of the Federal budget and is an example of how easy it will 
be for agencies to cut a penny from every dollar. That is all it will 
take to stop the 30-year raid on Social Security.
  Mr. Speaker, now that is the kind of relief America needs.

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