[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 81 (Tuesday, May 16, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H4967]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


       THE AMERICAN PEOPLE ARE READY FOR REAL ACTION ON THE DEBT

  (Mr. GUTKNECHT asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. GUTKNECHT. Mr. Speaker, during the district work period and 
subsequently, many of us have had town meetings and conversations with 
the good people we were elected to serve. One message that has come 
through loud and clear is that the American people want Congress to 
work together to solve the great problems facing this great Nation. 
They know that the Medicare trust fund is going bankrupt. They 
understand that the burgeoning debt will destroy our children's 
economic future.
  As Churchill reminded us, the American people did not cross the 
oceans, ford the streams, traverse the mountains, and deal with the 
droughts and pestilence because they are made of sugar candy. The 
American people are tough. They are ready for real solutions, but they 
will not accept simply lining up every day and yapping like a bunch of 
toy poodles while the debt balloons and Medicare goes bankrupt. The 
American people want real action. The American people are ready.

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