"Latta Amendment Will Not Produce a Balanced Budget" U.S. House floor statement · Les AuCoin Collection

Identifier: PUA_MS147_409
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: Year(s): 1980
Date: Display: May 1, 1980
Subject: United States. Congress. House.; Legislators--United States; Bills, Legislative; Speeches, addresses, etc.; Budget--Law and legislation--United States
Place: United States
Source: Les AuCoin Papers, Pacific University Archives
Copyright: http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-CR/1.0/
Type: Text