[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 76 (Thursday, June 16, 1994)]
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[Congressional Record: June 16, 1994]
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                           PARTISAN POSTURING

  (Mr. HINCHEY asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. HINCHEY. Mr. Speaker, I do not think there has ever been a time 
when the difference between the two major political parties in this 
House has been more clear than it is at the moment.
  While the Democrats are working on deficit reduction and economic 
growth and development as well as reforming our health care system and 
the welfare system, the folks on the other side of the House are 
content to engage in partisan political posturing. Some of them cannot 
even get the calendar straight, Mr. Speaker.
  The fact of the matter is that there will not be an election in 18 
months. The fortunate fact is that this President will remain in office 
for another 30 months and then for another 4 years after that.
  The reasons for that, Mr. Speaker, are clear. Economic growth is up 
to 3.2 percent. That is greater than it was during the Nixon, Ford, 
Carter, or Reagan administrations.
  The deficit is at the lowest point since 1979. It is one-third lower 
than it was projected to be by the outgoing Bush administration. And 
discretionary spending is the lowest it has been in 45 years.
  This administration and this 103d Congress have got the economy 
straightened out. The country is back on course and, of course, we can 
also read the calendar.

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