[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 145 (1999), Part 18]
[House]
[Page 26111]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



                          USE THE BIG RED PEN

  (Mr. HAYWORTH asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. HAYWORTH. Mr. Speaker, 9 months ago the President of the United 
States came to this Chamber and delivered his State of the Union 
message where he proposed a budget that would only save about 60 
percent of the Social Security surplus and take the other 40 percent 
and put it into more spending. And here is where that spending rests in 
this budget proposed by the President of the United States.
  Now, there is good news, Mr. Speaker. Yesterday, the leadership of 
the House and Senate went to the White House and at long last the 
President now agrees with the congressional majority. He says he wants 
to save 100 percent of the Social Security surplus. Now, Mr. Speaker, 
the real work begins.
  Mr. Speaker, I would invite the American people to do as one of our 
leaders did. Senator Lott took a big red pen to the White House as a 
gift when they sat down to talk over the budget and invited the 
President to go through his massive spending programs and start using 
the red pen.
  Let us cut out wasteful Washington spending, Mr. Speaker. Folks 
should dial the White House at 202/456-1414 and say, Mr. Speaker, ``Use 
the big red pen.'' Cut Washington waste.

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