congressional_record: CREC-1994-12-20-pt1-PgS21

Congressional Record — full text of everything said on the floor of Congress. Speeches, debates, procedural actions from 1994 to present. House, Senate, Extensions of Remarks, and Daily Digest.

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CREC-1994-12-20-pt1-PgS21 1994-12-20 103 2     TRIBUTE TO SENATOR SASSER SENATE SENATE FRONTMATTER S S [{"name": "Patrick J. Leahy", "role": "speaking"}]   140 Cong. Rec. S Congressional Record, Volume 140 Issue 150 (Tuesday, December 20, 1994) [Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 150 (Tuesday, December 20, 1994)] [Senate] [Page S] From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov] [Congressional Record: December 20, 1994] From the Congressional Record Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov] TRIBUTE TO SENATOR SASSER Mr. LEAHY. Mr. President, my good friend, Jim Sasser, with whom I have served for 18 years will not be with us in the new Congress. I regret this not only for the good of the Senate, but for the country itself. In 20 years in the Senate I rarely have seen anybody who can match his abilities as a legislator, nor his conscientious service as chairman of the Senate Budget Committee. I recall during the early 1980's when the Budget Committee was willing to close a blind eye to the danger of Reaganomics and instead answered the popular Siren call of huge tax cuts, huge defense buildups, with a promise of a balanced budget. Instead because the Budget Committee did not stand up and do its part, our country saw our national debt nearly quadruple in one decade. Our children, and our children's children, will pay for this folly. By contract, Senator Sasser showed great strength and courage as Budget chairman, refusing to accept half-baked measures to bring down the budget deficit, and instead made us all stand up and face the tough votes. As a result, we have seen the deficit come down now 2 years in a row, with a third on track. Much of the ability in the past couple of years to actually see a lowering of the deficit is due to the courage and leadership of Jim Sasser. I applaud him and I will miss him. ____________________

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