[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 36 (Monday, February 27, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H2232]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                   ENDING BIG BUSINESS AS WE KNOW IT

  (Mr. KNOLLENBERG asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. KNOLLENBERG. Mr. Speaker, tomorrow the other body will cast its 
most important vote to date on the balanced budget amendment. Only a 
balanced budget amendment can provide the discipline to end deficit 
spending, shrink the Government, and reduce the burden on American 
families to shoulder the national debt for generations to come.
  The balanced budget amendment is still one vote short as President 
Clinton and the other guardians of big government are doing everything 
within their power to kill it.
  The fact of the matter is that many Members of Congress and the 
President have absolutely no intention of ever balancing the budget. 
They seem to be content with ongoing $200 billion deficits and the 
intrusion of big government into the daily lives of American taxpayers.
  Mr. Speaker, there is a fork in the road and the paths are clear. One 
leads to more of the same, deficits and higher taxes. The other leads 
toward the replacement of the welfare state with an opportunity society 
that understands that power emanates from people, not from government.
  The choice is clear. I urge all my colleagues in the other body to 
move this country in the right direction.

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