[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 101 (Tuesday, June 20, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H6094]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


            PEOPLE OF AMERICA KNOW HOW TO BALANCE THE BUDGET

  (Mr. BARTLETT of Maryland asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. BARTLETT of Maryland. Mr. Speaker, balancing the budget is 
serious and difficult business. This was made even plainer this week 
when it was made known by the Congressional Budget Office that the 
President's plan to balance the budget in 10 years, which, by the way, 
is far longer than most Americans want to take to balance the budget, 
that his plan is out of balance by roughly $200 billion a year and is 
still out of balance at the end of 10 years by, I think, $209 billion.
  Now, I am sure that the President and all of his people worked very 
hard on this plan to balance the budget, and the fact that it is out of 
balance every year roughly $200 billion and still out of balance in 
year 10, over $200 billion, indicates how difficult balancing the 
budget is.
  Mr. Speaker, I will tell you where the real wisdom is in how to 
balance the budget, and that is outside the beltway. Let us go out to 
real America where people work and earn a living and balance their 
budget day in and day out, year in and year out. They will have the 
answer of how to do it here.

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