[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 6 (Wednesday, January 11, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H184]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                             CHANGE IS HERE

  (Mr. GUTKNECHT asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. GUTKNECHT. Mr. Speaker, change is here, and change is good.
  After 40 years of one party's rule, last week, the new majority took 
the first critical steps to changing the House of Representatives.
  More change is on the way. In the next month, we will vote on a 
balanced budget amendment to the Constitution.
  We have heard gripes from some Members of the new minority about what 
is wrong with the balanced budget. We have heard excuses. We have heard 
complaints.
  But after 40 years of Democrat leadership, we never had a true 
commitment to a balanced budget amendment. And we have not had a 
balanced budget in about 30 years.
  Mr. Speaker, the American people want a new direction from the 
Congress. They want fiscal reponsibility; they do not want to pay 
higher taxes but they do want less Federal spending.
  Mr. Speaker, change is here and change is good. That is why we must 
pass a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution before this 
Congress is adjourned.

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