"Latta Amendment Will Not Produce a Balanced Budget" U.S. House floor statement
Title
"Latta Amendment Will Not Produce a Balanced Budget" U.S. House floor statement
Description
A speech by U.S. Congressman Les AuCoin titled "Latta Amendment Will Not Produce a Balanced Budget" and given on the U.S. House floor on May 1, 1980. In his speech, Congressman AuCoin stated his opposition to the Latta Amendment proposed by Republicans in place of the First Budget Resoluton. He expressed some of his concerns with the Latta Amendment, including an increase in peacetime military spending and a major tax cut that had the potential to induce inflation. This is one of a collection of digitized objects from the Les AuCoin Papers (MS.147) at the Pacific University Archives. AuCoin served in the Oregon House of Representatives (1971-1975) and in the United States House of Representatives from Oregon's 1st District (1975-1993).
Creator
AuCoin, Les
Date: Display
May 1, 1980
Identifier
PUA_MS147_409
Subject
United States. Congress. House.
Legislators--United States
Bills, Legislative
Speeches, addresses, etc.
Budget--Law and legislation--United States
Place
United States
Copyright
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-CR/1.0/
Source
Les AuCoin Papers, Pacific University Archives
Type
Text