[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 83 (Thursday, May 18, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H5236]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


   REPUBLICANS OFFER HISTORIC PLAN TO BALANCE OUT-OF-CONTROL FEDERAL 
                                 BUDGET

  (Mrs. SEASTRAND asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Mrs. SEASTRAND. Mr. Speaker, our liberal friends are tragically on 
the wrong side of history. Their time has come and gone. Their ideas 
have been clearly refuted with evidence, their representatives defeated 
at the polls. For those that remain in this House, there cannot be much 
to motivate them as we move to smaller, less costly Government.
  Clearly, the promise of big Government has crumbled and given way to 
a total reassessment of the Federal Government.
  Something else is just as clear--the need to balance the budget.
  Republicans have offered a historic plan to balance the out-of-
control Federal budget. I can think of few things more important to our 
future and the future of our children than to balance the budget. We 
will return power to families and local governments as we shift the 
focus of governing away from Washington.
  Republicans believe in the ability of the individual and of families 
to make the right choices, instead of big Government.
  This philosophy places us against status quo liberalism here in 
Washington, but squarely on the side of the American people.


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