[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 145 (1999), Part 11]
[House]
[Page 16214]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



            REPUBLICANS AND DEMOCRATS DIFFER IN CORE BELIEFS

  (Mr. FOSSELLA asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. FOSSELLA. Mr. Speaker, today we are hearing the debate as to what 
we are going to do with the projected taxpayers' surplus. As Americans 
follow this debate, I think they should just be concerned with where we 
are going in our core principles.
  In the way I view it, we have one side that agrees with personal 
freedom and the other side that wants more government control; one that 
says lower taxes, another that says we need higher taxes; limited 
government versus big government; economic growth versus bureaucratic 
growth here in Washington; more jobs across America or more red tape 
that will only stifle growth, stifle inhibition, stifle creativity and 
decrease the number of jobs.
  So as we debate the taxpayers' surplus that the Americans have 
generated each and every day, let us remind ourselves of what the core 
principles are: Do we believe in the American people; do we believe in 
the American spirit; do we believe in economic growth? Or do we believe 
that total faith on how to spend the taxpayers' money should be made 
here in Washington?

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