[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 97 (Wednesday, June 14, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H5908]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                    THE CHANGING PRESIDENTIAL WINDS

  (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, we all should welcome the President to the 
budget debate--and hope that this time, the shift in Presidential winds 
will be a lasting one. In announcing that ``It's time to clean up this 
mess,'' the President made big news. It is not hard to see why such a 
proclamation, coming from the President of the United States, makes 
headline news.
  Four months ago, when the President submitted his official budget to 
Congress with no plan for bringing about fiscal balance, he clearly did 
not think the time had arrived to clean up the mess. Even more 
interesting is that, after signing into law the largest tax increase in 
history in 1993, the President declared that he had taken the necessary 
steps to clean up the mess.
  The President's changing view on this subject has been somewhat of a 
whirlwind. But today, even though the President's plan is 3 years later 
and a half trillion dollars shorter than the Republican plan to balance 
the budget, we welcome him to the debate.


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