[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 16 (Wednesday, February 23, 1994)]
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[Congressional Record: February 23, 1994]
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                        NO TO A BALANCED BUDGET?

  (Mr. GOSS asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. GOSS. Mr. Speaker, the White House and certain high-decibel 
special interest groups are pulling out all the stops to derail the 
balanced budget amendment. Never mind that 7 out of 10 Americans 
support this requirement that the Federal budget be balanced. But take 
a close look at the administration's scare campaign. As liberal 
columnist Michael Kinsley discovered in reading White House propaganda:

       ``The administration's nightmare scenarios * * * are not an 
     argument against a balanced budget amendment. They are an 
     argument against a balanced budget itself.

  A balanced budget amendment does not mandate specific cuts in 
entitlements or a raid on Social Security. It simply mandates a 
balanced budget. Just like most States have and most local governments 
and most American families. President Clinton seems most afraid that he 
will no longer be able to spend our dollars beyond our means. We need a 
balanced budget and we need an amendment to get it.

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