[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 98 (Thursday, June 15, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H5988]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


        CLINTON BUDGET: TOO LITTLE, TOO LATE, AND TOO EXPENSIVE

  (Mr. LEWIS of Kentucky asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute.)
  Mr. LEWIS of Kentucky. Mr. Speaker, I have yet to hear more than a 
handful of Democrats praise the President's budget sequel.
  I believe 10 years is too long to balance the budget--especially 
after he promised to do it in 5.
  His budget does give future Congresses, like those in the past, more 
chances to overspend again.
  It does give little of the tax relief the House budget does.
  And it does add several hundred billion dollars to our overwhelming 
national debt.
  Still, you would think that more of our colleagues on the left would 
give the President credit for moving toward saving our children's 
future.
  But come to think of it, the President did not do other liberals much 
of a favor.
  He just undercut all the people we have heard cry wolf about 
Republican budgets.
  Mr. Speaker, the Clinton budget sequel is too little, too late--and 
too expensive.
  Still, I am surprised his own party has not given him a little credit 
for showing a little concern about balancing the budget.

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