[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 17 (Friday, January 27, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H833]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


           INTRODUCTION OF BILL TO BALANCE THE BUDGET BY 1997

  (Mr. BENTSEN asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. BENTSEN. Mr. Speaker, as my colleague from the other side just 
spoke, yesterday this House took action to try and bring the Federal 
budget in balance by the year 2002. While some may have disagreed with 
this process, that does not mean the debate ends there. It means that 
we have to go further.
  Last week I introduced a bill, H.R. 567, which would require the 
President to submit and the Congress to act on a balanced budget 
beginning in fiscal year 1997. If we are truly serious, and many 
Members last night said they were serious, about bringing the budget 
into balance, then they should start working on it now, and as I said 
repeatedly in this House, we should bring the American people to the 
table and talk about how we are going to do it, because we will never 
accomplish a balanced budget without bringing the American people into 
the debate to find out where the cuts have to be made.
  I would urge my colleagues to join with me and to sign on H.R. 567. I 
urge the committees to take it up. Let us bring this legislation to the 
floor.

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