[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 15 (Wednesday, January 25, 1995)]
[House]
[Pages H602-H603]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




  CONGRESS NEEDS A THREE-FIFTHS TAX LIMITATION ON THE BALANCED BUDGET 
                               AMENDMENT

  (Mr. FORBES asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. FORBES. Mr. Speaker, the families in my home area, Suffolk 
County, must live within their means and spend only what they take in. 
They have to live on a balanced family budget, and in the seven towns 
and the villages and 
[[Page H603]] the school districts, they also must live within their 
means and on their budgets as well.
  Only in the Nation's Capital is the notion an oddity, living within a 
balanced budget. For decades now the Congress only seems to know about 
increased spending, and to feed that addiction with increased taxes.
  The Republican majority, in response to the American people and in 
concert with them, have charted a new course, a course that embraces a 
balanced budget with a tax limitation provision. This is a course that 
seems unique only in Washington, DC, but commonplace everywhere else in 
the country.
  Like an errant child who needs discipline, Congress needs a three-
fifths tax limitation for that discipline. Let us pass it before over 
taxes again.
CONGRESS SHOULD ACCEPT THE PRESIDENT'S CHALLENGE AND BEGIN TODAY TO GET 
                          TO WORK FOR AMERICA

  (Mr. LUTHER asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. LUTHER. Mr. Speaker, President Clinton's message last night was 
the message I heard from the Minnesotans I represent throughout last 
fall's campaign: If you work hard and play by the rules, you should be 
rewarded by a chance at achieving the American dream.
  As a new Member of this body, Mr. Speaker, I came here to achieve 
results on a bipartisan basis for the people of my district. I applaud 
this Congress for its quick action on congressional reform but, Mr. 
Speaker, I say to the Members, that is just the beginning.
  We must now get to work and fight to improve the lives of everyday 
Americans. Middle-class families are crying out for jobs that pay a 
liveable wage, for an education that provides the tools for the future, 
for affordable health care for themselves and their kids, and for 
streets free of violence and drugs. These are the reasons we were 
elected, to improve the lives of our fellow Americans.
  Mr. Speaker, let us accept the President's challenge, stop the 
gridlock and bickering, and get on with making a better tomorrow. Let 
us begin today.


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