[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 88 (Thursday, May 25, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H5591]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                       BE RELEVANT, MR. PRESIDENT

  (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, just a few weeks ago the President 
insisted in a press conference that he was relevant. Mr. Speaker, it is 
time for him to prove his relevance.
  As a freshman Member of this House, I was under the assumption that 
the President and the two Houses of Congress worked together diligently 
when legislation would affect the very future of our country and future 
generations. Saving our country from bankruptcy is just such an issue. 
Yet where is the President on this issue?
  Last week President Clinton indicated to New Hampshire radio 
interviewers he would offer a plan to balance the budget in either 7 or 
10 years. But insisting on remaining irrelevant, this week Mr. Clinton 
backed away from yet another campaign pledge and said he would not 
offer a plan to balance the budget and save the next generation.
  Mr. Speaker, I believe the President is attempting to play politics 
with a very important issue. I hope he will reconsider his political 
stance and join the freshmen and other Members of this body as we 
attempt to give a future to our children that includes the ability to 
leave them the family farm and not simply the mortgage.


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