Speech #990161704

The editorial points out that when an average American family cuts spending by 4.3 percent. it sets priorities. The same should hold true with the Federal budget. Deficits need to be reduced through spending reductions. hopefully we all agree on this. The editorial argues that while it may be mindless to cut border control and welfare equally. it is not mindless to enforce a specific limit on total spending. which is common practice for private organizations as well as State and local governments. Republicans do not want to allow blind cuts to go into effect under GrammRudmanHollings. Our way of demonstrating this was to support House Joint Resolution 375. which would instruct individual committees to prioritize cuts.