Christopher Shays

Mr. SHAYS

Mr. SHAYS. Mr. Speaker, I yield 1\1/2\ minutes to my colleague, the gentleman from Wisconsin (Mr. Ryan).

Mr. SHAYS. Mr. Speaker, I yield 30 seconds to the gentleman from Georgia (Mr. Chambliss).

Mr. SHAYS. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself 15 seconds to respond to what was just said. I would just point out that in the budget next year, the budget that we actually spend, we add $1.1 billion more than the President, and then when we added what the Senate did, we added another $700 million.

Mr. SHAYS. Mr. Speaker, will the gentleman yield?

Mr. SHAYS. Mr. Speaker, I would be happy to explain to my colleague, but we are going to have a disagreement because we think we have provided the money in 950, the gentleman does not, and time will tell.

Mr. SHAYS. Mr. Speaker, I yield 2\1/2\ minutes to the gentleman from Wisconsin (Mr. Ryan).

Mr. SHAYS. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself 15 seconds to respond to my colleague. Mr. Speaker, we set aside $1.8 trillion to save and preserve Social Security. We do not spend it and we do not provide a tax cut with it. We preserve it for Social Security. If anything happens, it literally pays down debt. I would also point out that copies were made for both the majority and minority last night and we reproduced copies for our side. I hope they did the same for theirs. Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from Georgia (Mr. Chambliss). (Mr. CHAMBLISS asked and was given permission to revise and extend his remarks.)

Mr. SHAYS. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself 15 seconds to point out that the President cut $11.5 billion from Medicare. He cut it. I would also point out to my colleague that we reserve $1.8 trillion for Social Security. We do not spend it, and we do not provide it in tax cuts. It is reserved for Social Security. Mr. Speaker, I yield 15 seconds to the gentleman from Wisconsin (Mr. Ryan).

Mr. SHAYS. Mr. Speaker, I yield 1\1/2\ minutes to my colleague, the gentleman from Montana (Mr. Rick Hill).

Mr. SHAYS. Mr. Speaker, may I inquire about the time remaining on each side.

Mr. SHAYS. Mr. Speaker, I yield 1\1/2\ minutes to the gentleman from New Hampshire (Mr. Sununu). (Mr. SUNUNU asked and was given permission to revise and extend his remarks.)

Mr. SHAYS. Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from California (Mr. Gary Miller), one of many from California, and a very fine Member.

Mr. SHAYS. Mr. Speaker, I yield 30 seconds to the gentleman from Georgia (Mr. Chambliss).

Mr. SHAYS. Mr. Speaker, I yield 30 seconds to the gentleman from Georgia (Mr. Chambliss).

Mr. SHAYS. Mr. Speaker, may I inquire how much time each side has.

Mr. SHAYS. Mr. Speaker, to close this debate, I yield such time as he may consume to the gentleman from Ohio (Mr. Kasich), the chairman of the committee, who in 1989 started saying we need to get our country's financial house in order and end these deficits, and that is what he has done.

Mr. SHAYS

Mr. SHAYS. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that all Members may have 5 legislative days to revise and extend their remarks and to include extraneous material on the conference report on H. Con. Res. 68 just agreed to.

Mr. SHAYS

Mr. SHAYS. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself 15 seconds to respond to my colleague from Massachusetts. I would just point out that we set aside more money to save social security than the President does. We do it because we have set aside all the surplus of social security for the next 10 years. We box it in and do not spend it and do not use it as tax cuts. Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from Michigan (Mr. Smith).

Mr. SHAYS. Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from California (Mr. Thomas). (Mr. THOMAS asked and was given permission to revise and extend his remarks.)

Mr. SHAYS. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, we are going to save social security, not spend it. Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from Wisconsin (Mr. Paul Ryan).

Mr. SHAYS. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself 2 minutes just to point out to my colleague that the President came in with an $11 billion cut in Medicare. And when he did, my colleagues on other side of the aisle said the President had a great budget. They liked his new tax increases. They liked his new spending. They did not seem to complain then about the $11 billion worth of cuts that the President had in his budget. Now they do not like the President's budget. But what I know is that in 1994 when Republicans got elected, we set out to get our country's financial house in order and balance this financial budget and save Medicare and Social Security, and that is what we are doing. And to move from this welfare state into a society of opportunity. That is what we are doing. Mr. Speaker, the bottom line is we have set aside $1.8 trillion for Social Security and Medicare. It is $1 billion more than the President set aside. We do not spend it and we do not provide tax cuts. We reserve it, and in our budget resolution we do not allow the national debt to go up; and the President said he would veto it because he wanted to raise the debt ceiling. We are not going to raise the debt ceiling. It is the best way to make sure that we do keep our country's financial house in order and do not make this government larger. When this President got elected, 17.5 percent of all revenues funded the Federal Government. Now it is 20.5. It has gone up and we are not looking to have it go up any higher. Mr. Speaker, I yield the balance of my time to the gentleman from Ohio (Mr. Kasich), chairman of the Committee on the Budget.

Mr. SHAYS. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself 15 seconds just to respond to the gentleman. Mr. Speaker, this resolution basically is asking us to do what we intend to do and that is save Social Security first and then deal with tax cuts. Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from California (Mr. Gary Miller).

Mr. SHAYS. Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from Georgia (Mr. Chambliss), the vice chairman of the committee.

Mr. SHAYS. Mr. Speaker, I yield 3 minutes to the gentleman from New Hampshire (Mr. Sununu).

Mr. SHAYS. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself 15 seconds. I think my colleague on the other side of the aisle voted against the President's proposal. I know few people on the other side of the aisle who voted for it. We in our budget resolution save social security, and with the surplus that goes above and beyond that, we are able to provide a tax cut instead of spending more, which my colleagues on the other side of the aisle seem to want to do, is to spend more. We do not. Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from Wisconsin (Mr. Mark Green).