[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 13 (Monday, January 23, 1995)]
[House]
[Pages H483-H484]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                WHAT IS THE GOAL OF THE ADMINISTRATION?

  (Mr. CHRISTENSEN asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. CHRISTENSEN. Mr. Speaker, last week a Member of the President's 
Cabinet declared that balancing the budget was not the goal of the 
Clinton administration.
  So what is the administration's goal, if it is not a balanced budget? 
Is it to continue mortgaging our children's future? Is it to continue 
financing a Government that is too big and too intrusive into our 
lives?
  [[Page H484]] Mr. Speaker, my constituents sent me to Washington with 
a clear message: Balance the budget, reduce the size and scope of this 
place.

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  So those have become my goals, and I found the best way to accomplish 
these goals is to pass a balanced budget amendment.
  So, Mr. Speaker, when the time comes this week, I hope all my 
colleagues will vote for the people's goals of a balanced budget 
amendment and return some common sense back to the people's House.


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