[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 131 (Monday, September 19, 1994)]
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[Congressional Record: September 19, 1994]
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        SCHOOL JUST STARTED AND THE PRESIDENT'S ALREADY FAILING

  (Mr. BALLENGER asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. BALLENGER. Mr. Speaker, around the country school has just 
started. New pencils, new books, new lunchboxes, and for a while new 
excitement, because grades will not start coming for another few weeks.
  However, for one pupil grades are already in. While the rest of the 
Nation is still settling into school, the Democrat's former star pupil 
is flunking out.
  According to the lates CNN/USA/Gallup Poll, President Clinton's marks 
are terrible.
  His overall grade from the American people was just a 39-percent 
passing mark on his overall performance, while 54 percent failed him.
  In his work on the economy, America gave him just 43 percent, while 
52 percent failed him. In health care, supposedly his best subject, 
only 36 percent passed his performance, while 60 percent failed him.
  In crime class, where he had just handed in his big crime bill, only 
41 percent graded his performance good, while 54 percent failed him.
  And finally, on foreign affairs just 34 percent gave him a passing 
mark, while 57 percent failed him. With this kind of report card no 
wonder Democrats are so reluctant to get voters to sign it in November.

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