[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 98 (Thursday, June 15, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H5990]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




        PRESIDENT CHANGING COURSE, SEES NEED FOR BALANCED BUDGET

  (Mr. FOLEY asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. FOLEY. Mr. Speaker, I would like to take this opportunity to 
sincerely congratulate the President on accepting the need for a 
balanced budget.
  In fact, I will resolve for this day to forget any differences I may 
have had with the President in the past.
  I will not talk about the fact that the President has constantly 
fought Republican proposals to downsize the Federal Government.
  I will not focus on how the President has consistently bad-mouthed 
Republican plans to save the Medicare system--which we all agree is 
going broke.
  And finally, I will not even think about how the President has 
repeatedly bemoaned Republican proposals to cut taxes for working 
Americans.
  No, I am going to forget those things today. Because, I know that 
just as the President has accepted the need for a balanced budget, 
someday the President will change his mind and accept the need for a 
smaller Government, a revitalized Medicare system, and lower taxes.


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