[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 99 (Friday, June 16, 1995)]
[House]
[Pages H6047-H6048]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




   DO NOT BALANCE THE BUDGET ON THE BACKS OF OUR CHILDREN AND SENIOR 
                                CITIZENS

  (Mr. LEWIS of Georgia asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. LEWIS of Georgia. Mr. Speaker, we are all in agreement, Democrats 
and Republicans; we must put the financial affairs of our country back 
in order. Our huge national debt, the legacy of the Reagan and Bush 
administrations, must be eliminated.
  The question, Mr. Speaker, is how to cut and what to cut. The 
Republicans in Congress want to cut school lunches for our children, 
cut our student's college loans and cut Medicare for our senior 
citizens. This is how the Republicans propose to balance the budget.
  Students will have to pay thousands more to attend college and our 
parents and grandparents will have to spend an extra $1,000 per year 
for their health care.
  At the same time the Republicans propose giving a tax break to the 
wealthiest people in America, the super rich, the top 1 percent. This 
approach, is wrong, just plain wrong.
  Mr. Speaker, when are the Republicans in this House going to realize 

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  that the American people want to get the financial affairs of this 
country in order, but not on the backs of our children and senior 
citizens and not while giving tax breaks to the richest people in 
America.

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