[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 11 (Wednesday, February 9, 2000)]
[House]
[Page H257]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                        SERIOUS BUDGET CONCERNS

  (Mr. GIBBONS asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. GIBBONS. Madam Speaker, I rise today to join with my colleagues 
to express my serious concern with the President's budget proposal that 
was released earlier this week.
  With the surpluses that this Congress has created, the President now 
seeks to renew the era of big government by expanding the size and the 
scope of the Federal bureaucracy, including the creation of $350 
billion of new government spending.
  Madam Speaker, furthermore, the President failed to provide hard-
working Americans with meaningful tax cuts and instead included a $181 
billion tax increase.
  I am seriously concerned that the President's budget proposal will 
actually raid Social Security, rather than safeguarding it for future 
generations.
  Madam Speaker, we need to pass a responsible budget, not one laden 
with irresponsible spending increases and pointless tax increases, a 
responsible budget like the budget supported by my Republican 
colleagues here today that will fund essential government programs, 
provide necessary tax relief, and protect Social Security while paying 
down our national debt.
  I yield back the President's big budget government proposals which 
rob Peter to pay Paul.

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