[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 151 (2005), Part 19]
[House]
[Page 25300]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




           REDUCING DEFICIT SPENDING FOR THE GOOD OF AMERICA

  (Mr. DREIER asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. DREIER. Mr. Speaker, once again, we continue to hear gross 
mischaracterizations of what it is that we are trying to do. Democrats 
and Republicans alike decry deficit spending. They say we have to 
balance the budget, both sides of the aisle.
  We have come together with what I hope will be a bipartisan package 
at the end of the day that is designed to bring about 50-plus billion 
dollars in spending reductions. We all decry the fact that mandatory 
spending is out of control.
  What is it we are doing with this package? Well, for the first time 
in a long time, we are trying to rein in so-called mandatory spending. 
The reason is that we believe in growing our economy, not Federal 
spending; we believe in reducing the reach of government, not limiting 
the reach of individuals; and we believe in government's helping hand, 
not government's heavy hand.
  Mr. Speaker, it is very important that the day after tomorrow, when 
we look at this important legislation, that we do all that we can to 
come together and try to do what the American people want us to do, and 
that is reduce the size and scope and reach of the Federal Government.

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