[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 91 (Tuesday, June 6, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H5612]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                        GETTING DOWN TO BUSINESS

  (Mr. GOSS asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. GOSS. Mr. Speaker, as colleagues return from what I hope was a 
productive work period, I also hope Members got a little chance for a 
rest, too, because it is now time for this House to get down to the 
business of reining in specific Federal spending.
  We have passed, as everybody knows, the landmark budget blueprint for 
reaching balance in our budget by the year 2002. That was a big effort. 
Now our committees are diving into the details, deciding where and how 
much to cut, to ensure that we fulfill that the problem of fiscal 
sanity does not go on and become fiscal insanity for our children and 
their children's children.
  I am sure this is going to be very hard. There are no easy decisions. 
There are a lot of tough decisions ahead, and probably some rude 
awakenings, too, but I think that is why we are here. I think we have a 
moral obligation to get it done. The gripers and whiners who have so 
long defended the status quo believe they can actually scare people 
into opposing our agenda for balancing the budget.
  Actually the status quo has brought us a deteriorating quality of 
life in America, and we all know it. As we prove our good faith in 
making government smaller, more efficient, and more accountable, the 
American people will support out efforts, so say the people in my 
district, and I think across the country as well.

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