[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 57 (Wednesday, May 8, 2002)]
[House]
[Page H2170]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




         STICK TO THE PRESIDENT'S SUPPLEMENTAL DEFENSE REQUEST

  (Mr. PENCE asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. PENCE. Mr. Speaker, it has been a hallmark of the Republican 
majority in Congress to practice fiscal restraint and to stand by a 
strong national defense. Today here on Capitol Hill we will be about 
the business of responding to the President's supplemental defense 
request, and there are some reports and some discussion on Capitol Hill 
that we may in this majority bring to the floor later this week a bill 
that could exceed the President's request by nearly 10 percent, adding 
in spending on election reform and interior agencies; nothing much to 
do with national defense.
  I urge my colleagues to hew to their roots, Mr. Speaker. Spend not 
one penny more than the President has requested when we pass the 
defense supplemental this week. By demonstrating fiscal discipline, our 
majority will renew our commitment to fiscal responsibility and to 
national defense without compromising either.

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