[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 78 (Thursday, May 11, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H4801]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                     REPUBLICANS BALANCE THE BUDGET

  (Mr. TATE asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. TATE. Mr. Speaker, the time to balance the budget is now. It is 
time to end 40 long years of reckless spending.
  The Republicans yesterday passed an historic budget. We believe it is 
wrong to burden a child born today with $187,150 in taxes in their 
lifetime just to balance the budget. We think it is wrong to do nothing 
and let Medicare go by the wayside. We believe it is right to cut 
waste, to cut duplication. We believe we have a moral imperative to 
balance the budget.
  But where is the Democrat plan? There is no plan, folks. That is the 
problem.
  We believe you should have a plan. And I was taught as a young boy, 
if I do not agree with something or I think it is wrong. I should have 
a better plan. There should be a better way to do things.
  Their idea is to say, you are cutting kids. Well, there you go again. 
We have a plan. We have a plan to save our children's future, to 
protect Medicare and to get us back on the road to fiscal 
responsibility. That is exactly what the Republicans plan on doing. We 
are going to join with the American people in doing so.


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