[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 9 (Tuesday, January 17, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H248]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




               THE AMERICAN PEOPLE WANT A BALANCED BUDGET

  (Mr. HAYWORTH asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. HAYWORTH. Mr. Speaker, 81 percent of Americans support a balanced 
budget amendment, but a few folks are trying to put on the brakes. They 
say they will not support a balanced budget amendment unless they know 
exactly how we are going to pay for it.
  Mr. Speaker, when President Kennedy stood at this podium behind me 
here and said we needed to put a man on the Moon, Americans did not 
demand at the outset to know the type of launching pad or rocket that 
was going to be used. We set the goal first; then methods for achieving 
that goal evolved.
  The truth is some in this Chamber do not want Congress to balance the 
budget and have to live with the same kind of fiscal discipline that 
every family in America experiences every day. They want to continue 
runaway spending while our constituents are balancing heir checkbooks 
and working hard to make ends meet.
  The American people have told us with a resounding voice they want us 
to balance the budget. For the sake of all our children, let us provide 
the leadership once and for all to solve this problem.
  Where there is a will, there is a way. We will find a way to balance 
the budget. What we need is the will now to honor our Contract With 
America.


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