[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 39 (Monday, April 3, 2000)]
[House]
[Page H1633]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




              IT IS TIME AMERICAN PEOPLE LEARNED THE TRUTH

  (Mr. BALLENGER asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute.)
  Mr. BALLENGER. Mr. Speaker, last month the Democrats criticized our 
budget resolution with their standard risky rhetoric, claiming our 
budget would cause children to starve and deny health care for the 
elderly. Ironically, it is the irresponsible accounting of the Clinton-
Gore administration that really puts our children and seniors at risk. 
In fiscal year 1997, the Clinton-Gore Agriculture Department wasted $1 
billion in erroneous food stamp payments, money that could have fed 5 
percent more of our Nation's impoverished children. In fiscal year 
1998, Medicare wasted $12.6 billion in overpayments to health care 
providers, money that could have helped thousands of American seniors. 
And in 1995, the Veterans' Administration nonchalantly ignored nearly 
$12 million in benefits owed to the Veterans' Administration, even 
though many elderly American veterans are struggling to get by.
  It is time the American people learned the truth. The risky wasteful 
policies belong to the Clinton-Gore Democrats, not the Republicans.

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