[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 145 (1999), Part 12]
[House]
[Page 17020]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]


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                       REPUBLICAN BUDGET RESULTS

  (Mr. HASTINGS of Florida asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. HASTINGS of Florida. Mr. Speaker, a colleague of mine, the 
gentleman from Massachusetts (Mr. Olver) and I were sitting, listening 
to the debate this morning, and the gentleman from Massachusetts 
commented to me what I believe to be true, and that is that it is a 
good thing Republicans are not under oath.
  I heard three of them say things in part that were true, but they did 
not tell the whole truth. The reality is that the Republican budget 
will do nothing to assist Social Security. It will do nothing to assist 
Medicare.
  If there is a Member of this House of Representatives who has not 
heard from a constituent regarding Medicare, I would like for he or she 
to come forward and discuss matters with me, for it is the single 
biggest item in my office that constituents are concerned about.
  How dare my Republican colleagues not be prepared to support the 
military in a time of desperate need. Their budget results would allow 
for a $198 billion cut in military readiness, a $583 billion cut in 
domestic investment, 425,000 children denied access to Head Start. They 
would eliminate all funding for all new Federally funded Superfund 
cleanups. There would be 306,000 fewer summer jobs.
  I urge my colleagues to reject this tax plan of the Republicans.

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