BOB DOLE KANSAS STANDING COMMITTEES: AGRICULTURE, NUTRITION, AND FORESTRY FINANCE JUDICIARY RULES United States Senate WASHINGTON, DC 20510 Wednesday, January 9, 1985 - S-207 12:00 noon Senator Dole Senator Dominici Senator Packwood Senator Danforth Senator Lugar Senator Helms (out of town) Senator Hatfield Senator Goldwater Senator Garn Senator McClure (out of town) Senator Stafford Senator Roth (out of town) Senator Thurmond Senator Hatch (out of town) Senator Mathias Senator Weicker Senator Murkowski (out of town) Senator Andrews Senator Durenberger Senator Simpson Senator Armstrong (out of town) Senator Chafee Senator Cochran Senator Heinz Senator Stevens Senator Abdnor Senator Warner - Howard Greene John Tuck Rod DeArment Sheila Burke Steve Bell Bill Diefenderfer Allen Moore Mark Weller George Dunlap Keith Kennedy Jerry Smith and Jim McGovern Danny Wall Richard Grundy Kathy Cudlipp John Duncan and Mary Lewis Jim Babb Bobby Dunn Rick Weston John Doyle Julie Sussman John Rand Jimmie Powell Boyd Hollingsworth Bob Potts Bill Corcoran Bill Leford Dwight Howes and Steve McConnell Dwight Dyer Dan Kappers Jim McGovern MAJORITY LEADER TALKING POINTS BUDGET WORKING GROUP o WE HAVE ALREADY AGREED ON OUR DEFICIT. REDUCTION GOALS -- TO REDUCE THE FEDERAL DEFICIT TO 4%, 3%, 2%, 1% AND 0% OF THE GNP. o THE EXERCISE WE BEGIN TODAY IS TO EXPLORE OPTIONS THAT WE AS REPUBLICAN SENATORS BELIEVE CAN BE ENACTED TO IMPLEMENT THESE GOALS. o WE MAY GET SOME PRELIMINARY IDEA TODAY AS WE WORK THROUGH THE OPTIONS ABOUT WHAT OPTIONS ARE PALATABLE AND WHICH ARE NOT. o NO DOUBT A GOOD DEAL MORE CHECKING AND GROUNDWORK NEEDS TO BE DONE BY EACH COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN TO DETERMINE WITH SOME CERTAINTY THAT WE HAVE A FEASIBLE PLAN. o I WOULD PROPOSE TODAY WE REVIEW THE OPTION QUICKLY. THEN I WOULD PROPOSE WE HAVE A FOLLOW UP MEETING ONE WEEK FROM TODAY SO THE COMMITTEE CHAIRMEN CAN REPORT ON A MORE REFINED BASIS WHAT OPTIONS ARE FEASIBLE AND PERHAPS WHAT OTHER OPTIONS OUGHT TO BE ADDED.