[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 65 (Tuesday, May 23, 2000)]
[House]
[Page H3535]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                       REPUBLICAN B.E.S.T. AGENDA

  (Mr. KINGSTON asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. KINGSTON. Mr. Speaker, the Republican Party continues to work on 
the B.E.S.T. agenda for the American people. B stands for building up 
the military and looking after our veterans and military retirees and 
active duty personnel. E stands for excellence in education, local 
control, where the dollars go to the teacher in the classroom, not 
Washington bureaucrats. The S is for preserving and strengthening 
Social Security. A major accomplishment of Republicans in Congress was 
to say to the President, don't just preserve 62 percent of the surplus, 
preserve 100 percent. And let's quit spending that money on roads and 
bridges. Also, let us protect Medicare and pay down the debt. Our 
budget pays down the public debt by the year 2013. As a father, I think 
that is one of the best things that I can go home and talk about. Then 
the T in the word ``best'' stands for tax relief. After we fulfill our 
obligations in Social Security, Medicare and debt reduction, let us 
return the overpayment in government to the American people. They work 
50 and 60 hours a week. Money does not grow on trees. It does not come 
from Washington. It comes from hardworking taxpayers. Let us return the 
money to them.

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