[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 9 (Tuesday, January 17, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H250]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


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   BALANCED BUDGET AMENDMENT NOT A GOAL OF THE CLINTON ADMINISTRATION

  (Mrs. CHENOWETH asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute.)
  Mrs. CHENOWETH. Mr. Speaker, this weekend the Secretary of Labor did 
state, as we heard on national TV, that balancing the budget is not a 
goal of the Clinton administration. And you and I both know that 
without the authority of the President, the Secretary would not have 
said that nor reflected that view. At a time when every single 
hardworking American is calling on the Federal Government to get its 
act together and balance the budget, the Clinton administration is 
saying, ``No, we won't.'' At a time when every hardworking American 
family is demanding that Government balance their budgets just like 
they have to balance their checkbook, the Clinton administration is 
saying, ``No, we won't.'' At a time when the American people are 
demanding that the bitter defenders of the old order change their ways 
and support the concept of balancing the Federal budget, the Clinton 
administration is saying, ``No, we won't.''
  Mr. Speaker, I stand here today and I say, ``Yes, we will.'' I have 
heard the people's message as have you, loud and clear, and they want a 
smaller, smarter Government that costs less and is less intrusive in 
their lives.


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