[Congressional Record Volume 150, Number 88 (Wednesday, June 23, 2004)]
[House]
[Pages H4767-H4768]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                           SPENDING RESTRAINT

  (Mr. RYUN of Kansas asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. RYUN of Kansas. Mr. Speaker, $164 billion of new Federal spending 
took place between 2001 and 2003, unrelated to defense and the events 
of 9/11. We are borrowing to spend, and we need to bring spending under 
control or we put future generations, our children

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and grandchildren, at risk with no hope of paying off this debt. We 
demonstrated that in 1998 with the balanced budget showing fiscal 
responsibility, but years of surpluses has sparked a spending spree 
that does not stop when the money runs out.
  Alan Greenspan warned Congress that we must restrain spending. He 
said this last summer: ``I would like to see the restoration of PAYGO 
and discretionary caps which essentially will restrain the expanse of 
the deficit and indeed ultimately contain it.''
  I urge my colleagues to heed Greenspan's remarks and to have the 
opportunity to reign in spending and update the budget process.

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