[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 145 (1999), Part 11]
[House]
[Page 16215]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



 REPUBLICANS BELIEVE AMERICANS CAN BEST DECIDE HOW TO SPEND THEIR MONEY

  (Mr. HAYES asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. HAYES. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to simply say, my colleague is 
wrong. My colleague is questioning the motives of his friends and mine 
on the other side of the aisle.
  We simply say this is the American people's money. They deserve to 
have it back. It is a very simple story. It is not about motives. It is 
about the fact that it is their money, they should have it back. It is 
not where it goes. It is whose it is. It is the American people's 
money. We have taken it from them.
  We firmly believe on our side of the aisle that the American people 
can best decide how to spend their money, not the Government, not a 
group of bureaucrats in Washington.

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