Text: Translating ‘Agenda for Growth’ Into Specifics

WASHINGTON —  Here is the text of President Bush’s budget message to Congress:

I am pleased to present the budget of the United States government for fiscal year 1993. In the State of the Union message, which I delivered yesterday, I presented to the Congress and the nation a comprehensive agenda for economic growth. I stated that we must not only get the economy moving again in the short term, but also set America firmly on the path toward long-term economic growth and competitiveness.

I emphasized in that message the importance of stimulating the investment necessary to create jobs, addressing problems related to real estate and health care, improving America’s capacity to compete in a global economy, eliminating unnecessary federal regulation, and accomplishing these objectives in a way that brings the deficit under control. I outlined specific incentives for investment, savings and home ownership; tax relief for families; investments in the future, and proposals for reform in areas ranging from health to education.

This document translates the agenda for growth into a set of specific budget and policy recommendations. These are summarized in the introduction and presented in detail in the chapters and appendices which follow.

I have asked the Congress to lay aside partisanship and to join me in enacting this growth agenda promptly. To that end, I pledge my full cooperation.