[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 48 (Wednesday, March 15, 1995)]
[House]
[Pages H3157-H3158]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


             SAVE OUR CHILDREN'S FUTURE--BALANCE THE BUDGET

  (Mr. TIAHRT asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. TIAHRT. Mr. Speaker, I remember during the 1992 Presidential 
campaign when Bill Clinton promised he would balance the budget in 5 
years. As the campaign wore on, he said ``We will just cut it in 
half.'' Now, however, the President has decided to throw in the towel 
on deficit reduction, saying we should not even balance the budget by 
2002.
  That is just not another line of long broken promises. It is a 
betrayal of our children's future. They will pay the 
 [[Page H3158]] price if we do not balance the budget. They will pay 
the price for this fiscal irresponsibility.
  Unless we take steps now to balance the budget, our children will 
look forward to higher taxes, as much as 82 percent of their income; 
higher interest rates; fewer opportunities; a lower standard of living.
  Mr. Speaker, we will have to balance the budget soon. We will do it 
for our children; we will have to do it for our grandchildren. We will 
fight to see that they will not be the only generation that has a lower 
standard of living than their parents.
  Mr. Speaker, we should save our children by balancing the budget.

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