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we vote on this historic—very historic—budget package tomorrow. 

I yield the floor. 

Mrs. HUTCHISON addressed the 

Chair. 

The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Texas. 

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PROMISES KEPT 

Mrs. HUTCHISON. Mr. President, I 

want to thank the Senator from Tennessee, a new Member of the Senate, 

for helping us with this debate, for 

helping us point out the important decisions that we are making today and 

tomorrow. 

It has really been wonderful to see 

the freshmen Senators, the new Senators, like the Senator from Tennessee 

and like the Senator in the chair, tonight adding to the debate and adding 

to the energy and vitality of the 

changes that we are making for America, the changes that the people asked 

for in 1994 so forcefully by giving a 

mandate to Congress to do the right 

thing, to keep the promises that were 

made. 

The American people have seen time 

after time after time politicians making great speeches, beautiful speeches 

at conventions and big events and rallies and they see them make the promises and they see the promises broken 

almost the day after the election. Now, 

for the first time in years, the American people are going to see the promises being kept. 

I think you are seeing such clear differences between the leadership that 

the President has shown versus the 

leadership that the Members of Congress are showing now finally. 

The President’s theme has been balance the budget on the backs of the 

Medicare recipients and the welfare recipients and education. That is the 

theme that we see recurring on the 

floor of the Senate day after day after 

day after day—the class warfare: ‘‘Oh, 

yes, they are balancing the budget, but 

they are doing it at the expense of the 

people in our society who are receiving 

Medicare and welfare.’’

That is all we have heard. Where is 

their plan? Where is their suggestion? 

As the Senator from Pennsylvania said 

earlier tonight, their Chief of Staff has 

said, ‘‘It’s a big game of chicken. If you 

put your budget out there and we’re 

going to slash it to ribbons. If we put 

our budget out there, you are going to 

slash ours to ribbons.’’ So who goes 

first? 

Mr. President, the Republicans are 

going first. We are putting something 

on the table that makes sense. We are 

taking the bold step and we are protecting Medicare for the future, and we 

are going to have a welfare system that 

tries to bring people up, not hold them 

down for generation after generation, 

and to give the taxpayers of our country the opportunity to see that it does 

not pay not to work if you can. 

So, Mr. President, where is the President of the United States in this debate? He gave a budget to the Congress. 

We voted on it. It was the first vote we 

took in this budget debate. It was a 

budget which would increase the Federal deficit from $203 billion in 1994 to 

$276 billion in the year 2000. In fact, the 

Clinton budget, submitted to this Congress, called for another $1.2 trillion in 

deficit spending over the next 5 years. 

That is the budget he has presented 

until yesterday. And yesterday the 

President said, ‘‘I’m going to give you 

a balanced budget.’’ We are 4 days into 

the budget debate and the President 

says, ‘‘I’m going to give you a balanced 

budget.’’ Where was he in the first year 

of his term? Where was he in the second year of his term? And where was he 

when we started the hearings in the 

Budget Committee when Senator 

DOMENICI was trying for a consensus, 

trying to bring everyone into the process, where was the President then? 

Where is the alternative now? There is 

no alternative except the one on the 

table that the Budget Committee has 

put forward which will balance the 

budget of this country by the year 2002. 

It is the budget that is going to protect Medicare for our future generations. It is the budget resolution that 

says to our children, we are not going 

to turn our backs on you. 

Finally, we have drawn the line in 

the sand, and we are going to do what 

is right for this country. This is, indeed, a moment in history. Tomorrow, 

we are going to make history in America. The other body is going to do what 

the House of Representatives did last 

week, and we are going to keep our 

promise to the American people. 

Do all of us like everything in the 

budget? Absolutely not. There is probably not one Member of the Senate 

that says this is a perfect budget. Not 

even Senator DOMENICI likes everything in this budget that he worked so 

hard to bring out of that committee 

with the strong vote that he did. In 

fact, today I voted to change the budget, to give more to national defense because I am so worried that we are 

shortchanging our national defense in 

this country, and I wanted to try to 

change the priorities. 

Other people have been offering 

amendments to add to education. Others have offered amendments to add to 

Medicare funding. Others have offered 

amendments for all different things 

that they think should be a priority. 

But, Mr. President, this is a good, 

solid, balanced budget. 

It is a balanced budget in the sense 

that, of course, it is going to take away 

deficits after 7 years. But it is a balanced budget in that it has taken into 

consideration what the Federal Government should be doing. And it is cut 

from some of the areas where the Federal Government has gotten too involved and in fact has encroached on 

our State governments and our local 

governments. It has cut back in those 

areas. 

We are going back to the concept of 

a Federal Government that has specific 

powers and everything is not reserved 

to the Federal Government. It is going 

to be left to the States and to the people. That is the 10th amendment to the 

Constitution, and we are going to resurrect it and we are going to start with 

the budget that we are going to adopt 

tomorrow. We are going to give the 

power back to the people and back to 

the governments that are closest to the 

people, and that is where we are going 

to stop the spending binges from the 

Federal Government—and, oh, by the 

way, the strings that go with the 

spending binges. That is as costly as 

anything we do. The strings we attach 

to the State government when we send 

them the money, we are going to take 

the strings away; we are going to send 

them block grants. They have the ability to make the decisions for what is 

best for the people in their States. 

They are the closest to the people, and 

they should be determining what their 

priorities are. We do not need to tell 

them what to do in Washington, DC. 

So tomorrow is the beginning of a 

new day in America. It is the beginning 

of the time that we are going to take 

the ship of state and we are going to 

start the turn in the right direction. 

We are going to provide a future for 

our children and grandchildren. We are 

going to keep our promises. We are 

going to fulfill the mandate that the 

people gave to us. 

The President has talked a good 

game. He is a great speaker. He has 

made a lot of promises. But what has 

he done? He has given us a budget that 

does not balance. He has passed the 

largest tax increase in the history of 

America. He has financed our debt with 

short-term borrowing. And we are 

going to have to pay the price down the 

road for that mistake. And he has woefully underestimated the need for a 

strong national defense. We are going 

to start turning this country in the 

right direction. We started in January, 

and we are going to take a major step 

tomorrow to do the right thing for the 

people of this country. 

We are working very hard, Mr. President, to do what we believe is the right 

thing to do for our children, for our 

senior citizens, for the people that are 

truly needy, and for the people who are 

out there working for a living to be 

able to keep the taxes that they earn 

for themselves and not give it to the 

Government to determine the priorities for their families. And we are 

going to work for that small business 

entrepreneur to be able to make it and 

to live the American dream and to 

grow and to prosper and create the jobs 

that will give others the opportunity 

to live the American dream of doing 

better for their families than they have 

been able to have as they immigrated 

into our country, or as they were the 

first member of their family to get a 

college education. That is who we are 

working for, Mr. President, and that is 

what this balanced budget is going to 

ensure will continue to be the American dream. That is why we are here 

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tonight at 10:30 p.m. eastern time, to 

talk about the importance of doing the 

responsible thing. The easy thing? No. 

The tough decisions, the right decisions, and the responsible decisions 

that we were elected to come to Washington to make. 

Mr. President, we are on the eve of a 

very historic time, and I am proud that 

I believe we are going to do the right 

thing tomorrow. The Senate is going to 

put aside all of the differences that we 

might have and priorities and pass a 

balanced budget that will start our 7- 

year march to the time when we will 

begin to start paying down that longterm debt. 

Mr. President, I thank you. I am soon 

going to move to close. Does the Senator from Iowa have anything further? 

Mr. GRASSLEY. No. 

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MESSAGES FROM THE PRESIDENT 

Messages from the President of the 

United States were communicated to 

the Senate by Mr. Thomas, one of his 

secretaries. 

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EXECUTIVE MESSAGES REFERRED 

As in executive session the Presiding 

Officer laid before the Senate messages 

from the President of the United 

States submitting sundry nominations 

which were referred to the Committee 

on Armed Forces. 

(The nominations received today are 

printed at the end of the Senate proceedings.) 

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REPORT RELATIVE TO EMIGRATION LAWS AND POLICIES OF 

THE REPUBLIC OF ROMANIA—

MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT—PM 51 

The Presiding Officer laid before the 

Senate the following message from the 

President of the United States, together with an accompanying report; 

which was referred to the Committee 

on Finance. 

To the Congress of the United States: 

I hereby transmit a report concerning emigration laws and policies of 

the Republic of Romania as required by 

subsections 402(b) and 409(b) of Title IV 

of the Trade Act of 1974, as amended 

(‘‘the Act’’). I have determined that 

Romania is in full compliance with the 

criteria in subsections 402(a) and 409(a) 

of the Act. As required by Title IV, I 

will provide the Congress with periodic 

reports regarding Romania’s compliance with these emigration standards. 

WILLIAM J. CLINTON.

THE WHITE H

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OUSE, May 19, 1995. 

EXECUTIVE REPORTS OF 

COMMITTEE 

Mr. THURMOND. Mr. President, for 

the Committee on Armed Services, I 

report favorably the attached listing of 

nominations. 

Those identified with a single asterisk (*) are to be placed on the Executive Calendar. Those identified with a 

double asterisk (**) are to lie on the 

Secretary’s desk for the information of 

any Senator since these names have already appeared in the CONGRESSIONAL

RECORD of April 24, May 2, and May 11, 

1995, and ask unanimous consent, to 

save the expense of reprinting on the 

Executive Calendar, that these nominations lie at the Secretary’s desk for 

the information of Senators. 

*In the Air Force there are 42 appointments to the grade of brigadier general (list 

begins with Patrick O. Adams) (Reference 

No. 216) 

*In the Air Force there are 24 appointments to the grade of major general (list begins with Kurt B. Anderson) (Reference No. 

217) 

*Major General Ronald V. Hite, USA to be 

lieutenant general (Reference No. 253) 

*Vice Admiral David M. Bennett, USN to 

be placed on the retired list in the grade of 

vice admiral (Reference No. 267) 

*Rear Admiral Harold M. Koenig, USN to 

be Chief of the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery and Surgeon General and to be vice admiral (Reference No. 283) 

*Lieutenant General Charles E. Dominy, 

USA to be placed on the retired list in the 

grade of lieutenant general (Reference No. 

287) 

*Lieutenant General Joseph W. Ralston, 

USAF to be general (Reference No. 313) 

*Major General Ralph E. Eberhart, USAF 

to be lieutenant general (Reference No. 314) 

*Rear Admiral James R. Fitzgerald, USN 

to be vice admiral (Reference No. 318) 

*Brigadier General Sam C. Turk, USAR to 

be major general (Reference No. 338) 

**In the Marine Corps there are 300 promotions to the grade of lieutenant colonel 

(list begins with William E. Acker) (Reference No. 345) 

*Lieutenant General Malcolm B. Armstrong, USAF to be placed on the retired list 

in the grade of lieutenant general (Reference 

No. 356) 

*Major General Charles T. Robertson, Jr., 

USAF to be lieutenant general (Reference 

No. 357) 

*Lieutenant General Edwin E. Tenoso, 

USAF for reappointment to the grade of lieutenant general (Reference No. 358) 

**In the Air Force Reserve there are 2 appointments to the grade of lieutenant colonel (list begins with David R. Andrews) (Reference No. 359) 

**In the Marine Corps there are 472 appointments to the grade of lieutenant colonel and below (list begins with James C. 

Addington) (Reference No. 360) 

*Lieutenant General Ronald H. Griffith, 

USA to be Vice Chief of Staff of the Army 

and to be general (Reference No. 366) 

*General John H. Tilelli, Jr., USA for reappointment to the grade of general (Reference No. 367) 

*Major General George A. Fisher, Jr., USA 

to be lieutenant general (Reference No. 368) 

*Colonel James R. Helmly, USAR to be 

brigadier general (Reference No. 371) 

*In the Army Reserve there are 11 promotions to the grade of major general and 

below (list begins with John T. Crowe) (Reference No. 380) 

*Colonel Fletcher M. Lamkin, Jr., USA to 

be Dean of the Academic Board, United 

States Military Academy, and to be brigadier general (Reference No. 381) 

*Rear Admiral Brent M. Bennitt, USN to 

be vice admiral (Reference No. 382) 

**In the Army there are 1,152 promotions 

to the grade of lieutenant colonel (list begins 

with Scott L. Abbott) (Reference No. 383) 

Total: 2,020. 

INTRODUCTION OF BILLS AND 

JOINT RESOLUTIONS 

The following bills and joint resolutions were introduced, read the first 

and second time by unanimous consent, and referred as indicated: 

By Mr. MCCAIN: 

S. 841. A bill to increase the special assessment for felonies and improve the enforcement of sentences imposing criminal fines, 

and for other purposes; to the Committee on 

the Judiciary. 

By Mr. ASHCROFT (for himself, Mr. 

COVERDELL, Mr. CRAIG, Mr. DEWINE, 

Mr. SMITH, Mr. INHOFE, and Mr. 

KEMPTHORNE): 

S. 842. A bill to replace the aid to families 

with dependent children with a block grant 

to the States, and for other purposes; to the 

Committee on Finance. 

S. 843. A bill to amend the Food Stamp Act 

of 1977 to convert the food stamp program 

into a block grant program, and for other 

purposes; to the Committee on Agriculture, 

Nutrition, and Forestry. 

S. 844. A bill to replace the medicaid program with a block grant to the States, and 

for other purposes; to the Committee on Finance. 

S. 845. A bill to replace the supplemental 

security income program for the disabled 

and blind with a block grant to the States, 

and for other purposes; to the Committee on 

Finance. 

S. 846. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow for charitable contributions to certain private charities providing assistance to the poor thereby improving Federal welfare efforts through increased activity, and for other purposes; to 

the Committee on Finance. 

By Mr. GREGG (for himself, Mr. REID, 

Mr. COATS, Mr. BRADLEY, Mr. KYL, 

Mr. COHEN, and Mr. LAUTENBERG): 

S. 847. A bill to terminate the agricultural 

price support and production adjustment 

programs for sugar, and for other purposes; 

to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, 

and Forestry. 

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STATEMENTS ON INTRODUCED 

BILLS AND JOINT RESOLUTIONS 

By Mr. MCCAIN: 

S. 841. A bill to increase the special 

assessment for felonies and improve 

the enforcement of sentences imposing 

criminal fines, and for other purposes; 

to the Committee on the Judiciary. 

THE CRIME VICTIMS ASSISTANCE IMPROVEMENT

ACT

∑ Mr. MCCAIN. Mr. President, today I 

am introducing legislation to assist 

those who are often ignored in our ongoing struggle against crime: the victims: The Crime Victims Assistance 

Improvement Act increases and improves collection of crime fines which 

are deposited into the crime victims 

fund. This fund provides desperately 

needed help to crime victims across 

this country. 

I am pleased that this legislation has 

been supported by the National Organization for Victim Assistance, the 

American Legislative Exchange Council, Crimestrike, and the Arizona Department of Public Safety. 

First, this bill doubles the mandatory special assessment charged to 

every convicted Federal felon. The current special assessment is $50 for each 

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