[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 81 (Tuesday, May 16, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H4968]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


 ADMINISTRATION CHARGED WITH USING SCARE TACTICS, DISHONEST CLICHES IN 
                             BUDGET DEBATE

  (Mr. LINDER asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. LINDER. Mr. Speaker, for several weeks, Democrats have attempted 
to use shameless scare tactics to dismiss the Republican plan to 
balance the budget. Americans see through this sham.
  In recent days, administration officials Tyson and Panetta have 
suggested the budget does not really need to be balanced by the year 
2002. Americans know better.
  The Democrats are not fooling anybody. Even the Washington Post 
acknowledges that the Democrats' complaints are ``hollow and 
unpersuasive.'' The Post calls the Clinton administration budget ``weak 
and directionless.'' In fact, the Post urges the Democrats to ``stop 
playing it cute,'' and the President to ``lead on this issue.''
  It is disconcerting that the President of the United States would 
abandon the American people in this manner, but he has. He refused to 
submit a balanced budget. Thus challenge should be tackled in a 
bipartisan fashion with input from the Congress and the President. 
Unfortunately, the President has chosen not to contribute and House 
Democrats offer nothing but dishonest cliches.

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