[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 145 (1999), Part 17]
[House]
[Page 23803]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



            LIBERALS DO NOT CARE ABOUT FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under the Speaker's announced policy of 
January 19, 1999, the gentleman from Alabama (Mr. Riley) is recognized 
during morning hour debates for 1 minute.
  Mr. RILEY. Madam Speaker, here we go again. Yesterday we debated 
whether we should allow Federal funding to be used to pay for offensive 
art exhibits. Last night the Democrats offered a motion to instruct 
conferees to agree to increase the funding for the NEA and NEH.
  I said it then, and I will say it again; under the Constitution, 
expression must be government protected, but there is no requirement 
that it be government funded.
  Madam Speaker, liberals just do not grasp that concept. What makes 
the motion even more insulting is that it comes at a time when Congress 
is fighting to maintain fiscal responsibility and protect the Social 
Security Trust Fund.
  Madam Speaker, this motion only proves what we have been saying all 
along, liberals do not care about fiscal responsibility. They do not 
care if American families get a tax cut. They do not care about what 
the American people want in general. They only care about raiding the 
surplus to protect their unjustified and often unneeded social 
programs.
  Madam Speaker, it's going to take all of us working together to live 
within a balanced budget and we will never be able to do so until we 
set priorities in this Congress.
  Social Security is a priority.
  Funding obscene art is not.

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