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Waiving Points of Order Against Conference Report on H.Con.Res. 95, Concurrent Resolution on the Budget for Fiscal Year 2006

Date: April 28, 2005
Location: Washington, DC
Issues: Government Budget and Spending


WAIVING POINTS OF ORDER AGAINST CONFERENCE REPORT ON H. CON. RES. 95, CONCURRENT RESOLUTION ON THE BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 2006 -- (House of Representatives - April 28, 2005)

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Mr. BRADLEY of New Hampshire. Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentleman from Florida for yielding me this time.

I rise, Mr. Speaker, to support the budget because it is good for our country. I also rise to commend the hard work, the determination, the integrity of our chairman, the gentleman from Iowa (Chairman Nussle); and I also want to salute the fine work and the honesty and the integrity of the Senate budget Chair, the Senator from my State, Senator Gregg.

Why is this budget so important to our Nation? We need to reduce our budget deficit; and our budget, this budget, puts us on a path to do that. We need to establish fiscal restraint, and this budget actually cuts nondefense discretionary spending for the first time in years. It also slows the rate of growth of entitlement spending. Let me repeat this, because it is being portrayed as a cut. It is not a cut. It is slowing the rate of growth of entitlement spending, and allowing us, through the Commission on Medicaid, to do a better job of delivering services, better health care to those people who need it the most.

Very importantly, this budget allows our economy to grow. Since we instituted the tax cuts in this very Chamber, 3 million new jobs have been created in our country. We need to continue down this path of growing jobs.

Perhaps most importantly, this budget provides for our national security. It increases defense spending; it honors our troops and the commitments of our Nation's veterans by spending nearly $1 billion more on veterans benefits, without a copayment and without an enrollment fee.

Mr. Speaker, this is an excellent job. I commend it to my colleagues, and I urge their support for this budget.

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