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arcane and antiquated and ineffective

accounting system that the Federal

Government has.

It is like we are trying to play a

game by rules that are four or five decades old, and we know they are not any

good, and we know they are artificial,

and we know they do not produce the

most logical outcome, but, by golly,

they are the rules, those are the rules

we are going to play by even if it has a

bad outcome.

So, cutting your way completely to a

balanced budget, particularly in 7

years, I believe can create incredible

problems for the economy. And so I

would urge that growth be an important initiative in that.

I don’t think you reach growth by

cutting the very programs that create

growth, and so I hope that there will be

time eventually to look at those

growth areas and to be putting a

growth agenda forward.

I understand this budget is going to

pass next week, I guess, on the floor of

this House. The votes are here. It will

be muscled through. It will pass.

But my thought, though, is that after

it passes, then we can have some

calmer reflection in the country as

well as this Congress, and that we can

be talking about a true growth initiative that moves this country forward.

You get balanced budgets by having a

strong economy, and so as we work towards that balanced budget goal, I

think at the same time we have to recognize what the ultimate goal is, and

that is the strength of this economy.

In closing, Mr. Speaker, I do want to

address one concern that has been

raised. Some have said, ‘‘Where is your

alternative, Democrats? Where is your

alternative?’’ ‘‘We have a budget we

just reported out of the Committee on

the Budget,’’ say the Republican leadership, ‘‘and where is the Democratic

alternative?’’

Ladies and gentleman, the Democrats have been putting their alternative out there on the line. I get partisan at this point, Mr. speaker. The

Democrats have been putting their alternative out on the line for the past

few years. We are the ones who passed

without any help from the other party,

passed a deficit reduction plan that reduced the deficit $500 billion over 5

years, took the deficit from being almost 6 percent of gross domestic product to less than 3 percent of gross domestic product in 5 years. We are the

party that put out a comprehensive

health care plan that last year was attacked by this side because it restricted choice, the freedom-to-choose

provider. It had too much managed

care. This year they come and say the

greatest thing since sliced bread is

managed care. That is how they would

seek to reduce the deficit.

I would say Democrats have been

there. Incidentally, we are going to

continue to be there. I am going to be

putting forth my growth agenda. I am

going to be putting forward my balanced-budget alternatives. Others of us

are working to put these forward. My

hope is eventually this center aisle can

be replaced by people working on both

sides of it, working together, crossing

over to work for a true growth agenda

and to work for what I know everyone

in this Chamber agrees on and across

the country, the need for policies that

truly put this country on the road to a

healthy economy, in so doing, a balanced budget as well.

I also think it is important that

these special orders at the end of the

day following legislative business be

taken and be recognized for what they

are, not addresses to the Congress per

se, but addresses to more fully expound

the thoughts each Member has and to

try and shape the policy discussion,

very important policy discussion that

is taking place here over the next couple of weeks.

By unanimous consent, permission to

SPECIAL ORDERS GRANTED

faddress the House, following the legislative program and any special orders

heretofore entered, was granted to:

(The following Members to revise and

extend their remarks and include extraneous material:)

Mr. GEPHARDT, for 5 minutes, today.

Mr. OWENS, for 5 minutes, today.

Mr. DEFAZIO, for 5 minutes, today.

Ms. KAPTUR, for 5 minutes, today.

Mr. LIPINSKI, for 5 minutes, today.

Mr. UNDERWOOD, for 5 minutes, today.

Mr. PALLONE, for 60 minutes, today.

Mr. WISE, for 60 minutes, today.

(The following Members (at the request of Mr. KINGSTON) to revise and

extend their remarks and include extraneous material:)

Mrs. ROUKEMA, for 5 minutes, today.

Mr. KINGSTON, for 5 minutes, today.

(The following Member (at the request of Mr. PALLONE) to revise and extend his remarks and include extraneous material:)

Mr. POSHARD

f, for 5 minutes, today.

EXTENSION OF REMARKS

By unanimous consent, permission to

revise and extend remarks was granted

to:

(The following Members (at the request of Mr. PALLONE) and to include

extraneous matter:)

Mr. BONIOR.

Ms. WOOLSEY in two instances.

Mr. ENGEL in two instances.

Mr. FOGLIETTA.

Mr. PAYNE of New Jersey.

Mr. BARCIA.

Mr. DOOLEY in two instances.

Mr. KENNEDY of Rhode Island.

(The following Members (at the request of Mr. KINGSTON) and to include

extraneous matter:)

Mr. GANSKE.

Mr. FOLEY.

Mr. RAMSTAD.

Mr. SENSENBRENNER.

Mr. HOKE in two instances.

(The following Members (at the request of Mr. WISE) and to include extraneous matter:)

Mr. LEWIS of Kentucky.

Mrs. ROUKEMA.

Mr. KIM.

Mr. DORNAN.

Mr. POSHARD.

Mr. REGULA.

Mr. CAMP.

Mr. SANDERS.

Mr. KANJORSKI

fin two instances.

SENATE BILL REFERRED

A bill of the Senate of the following

title was taken from the Speaker’s

table and, under the rule, referred as

follows:

S. 510. An act to extend the authorization

for certain programs under the Native American Programs Act of 1974, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Economic and

Educational Opportunities.

ADJOURNMENT

fMr. WISE. Mr. Speaker, I move that

the House do now adjourn.

The motion was agreed to; accordingly (at 3 o’clock and 4 minutes p.m.),

under its previous order, the House adjourned until Monday, May 15, 1995, at

10:30 a.m.

EXECUTIVE COMMUNICATIONS,

fETC.

Under clause 2 of rule XXIV, executive communications were taken from

the Speaker’s table and referred as follows:

864. A letter from the Deputy Secretary of

Defense, transmitting a report and recommendations of the task force on discrimination and sexual harassment dated May

1995, Volume I, pursuant to Public Law 103–

337, section 532; to the Committee on National Security.

865. A letter from the Secretary of Defense,

transmitting certification that the detail of

58 DOD personnel to other Federal agencies,

under the DOD Counterdrug Detail Program,

are in the national security interest of the

United States, pursuant to Public Law 103–

337, section 1011; to the Committee on National Security.

866. A letter from the Director, Defense Security Assistance Agency, transmitting notification concerning the accession of Denmark to the project to establish an organization for CALS within NATO (Transmittal

No. 6–95), pursuant to 22 U.S.C. 2767(f); to the

Committee on International Relations.

867. A letter from the Director, Defense Security Assistance Agency, transmitting notification concerning a cooperative counterterrorism research and development effort

with Canada (Transmittal No. 7–95), pursuant to 22 U.S.C. 2767(f); to the Committee on

International Relations.

868. A letter from the Assistant Secretary

for Legislative Affairs, Department of State,

transmitting notification of a proposed license for the export of major defense equipment and services sold commercially to the

United States Arab Emirates (Transmittal

No. DTC–25–95), pursuant to 22 U.S.C. 2776(c);

to the Committee on International Relations.

869. A letter from the Assistant Secretary

for Legislative Affairs, Department of State,