[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 145 (1999), Part 4]
[House]
[Pages 5392-5393]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




      THE REPUBLICAN BUDGET CONTRASTED WITH THE PRESIDENT'S BUDGET

  (Mr. BARTLETT of Maryland asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. BARTLETT of Maryland. Mr. Speaker, let us compare and contrast

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the Republican budget with the President's budget.
  The Republican's budget saves more for Social Security and Medicare. 
The President's budget cuts $9 billion from Medicare.
  The Republican budget enforces balanced budget discipline. The 
President's budget busts the budget caps by $30 billion.
  The Republican budget provides middle class tax relief. The 
President's budget, surprise, surprise, raises taxes by $172 billion.
  One budget reflects the common sense conservatism of responsible 
government that gives people more freedom and a higher standard of 
living. The other budget reflects the instinct to expand government at 
every turn, all the while shortchanging our seniors.
  The Republican budget strengthens retirement security first. It 
protects seniors and sticks to the historic balanced budget agreement 
signed by the President only 2 short years ago.
  This is a budget Americans can applaud.

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