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Congressman D. French Slaughter, Jr. reported that the House of Representatives has passed a national defense authorization bill for next fiscal year. The bill will now be reviewed by a conference committee to work out differences between the House and Senate versions.
The House bill reduced the defense budget authority to $286.5 billion for next year compared to $292 billion for this fiscal year and $292 billion for last year — reductions which are greater than nearly all of the other Federal agencies, the Congressman noted. “We must be careful to provide for a national defense strong enough to assure the safety of our country to the best of our judgment,” he warned.
Congressman Slaughter added that he voted against the bill that passed “because of several sections in it which are ill-advised. For example, I opposed the largely unprecedented arms control and foreign policy provisions limiting President Reagan’s authority to decide upon and conduct such policies on behalf of our government.”
Spending vs. Gramm-Rudman
At this point, it seems unlikely that Congress will meet the $144 billion deficit target for 1987 set by Gramm-Rudman-Hollings legislation to achieve a balanced federal budget by 1991, Congressman Slaughter said.
“In the past few weeks, I have voted against appropriations bills for a number of governmental agencies that did not freeze their budget appropriations at last year’s spending levels in order to meet the goals on deficit reduction and a balanced budget over the next five years,” he explained.
Congress should make every effort to make its own choices about
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