[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 19 (Tuesday, January 31, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H900]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




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    FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY SEEN AS CONTRACT WITH AMERICA MOVES AHEAD

  (Mr. KINGSTON asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute, and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. KINGSTON. Mr. Speaker, what a great week last week was. The House 
took a major and crucial step toward fiscal responsibility by passing 
the balanced budget amendment. If the Senate does the same, then fiscal 
restraint will be the law of the land.
  But also important last week was the fact that the Republican Party 
delivered on a campaign promise. This is a lesson that all politicians 
need to learn in today's society. But a second thing that was very 
important about it was that it was done with a bipartisan vote. We had 
about 70 to 80 Democrats voting for this, and as we look at the other 
elements of the Contract With America that we will be considering this 
month, finalizing the unfunded mandates bill, passing the line item 
veto, criminal justice reform, review of our national security 
situation, and regulatory reform, let us hope that that same bipartisan 
spirit still prevails, because as the speaker before me said, we have a 
major trade deficit problem. We need to work on that.
  Mr. Speaker, we need to work in a bipartisan fashion. We always do so 
much better when the Democrats and the Republicans work together.

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