[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 82 (Wednesday, May 17, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H5088]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                THE REPUBLICANS WILL BALANCE THE BUDGET

  (Mr. SAM JOHNSON of Texas asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. SAM JOHNSON of Texas. Mr. Speaker, the Democrats, scare-the-
people campaign about draconian cuts by Republicans is just ridiculous. 
The Republican budget actually increases spending by 3 percent every 
year for the next 7 years, spending nearly $12 trillion more in the 
next 7 years than in the past.
  When I was back in Dallas, my constituents put together three 
notebooks full of comments about ideas for reductions in Government 
spending. Do you know what they say? Balance the budget. So do not try 
to fool the American people into thinking that balancing the budget 
will hurt them. They know better. They know Government spends too much, 
and, most importantly, they know the consequences if we continue down 
the path that we are going on now.
  They will also know, after tomorrow, that it is the Republicans who 
have taken the first major step toward balancing our budget.


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