[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 142 (Wednesday, September 13, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H8814]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                     OCTOBER 1: A DAY OF ATONEMENT

  (Mr. KINGSTON asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. KINGSTON. Mr. Speaker, there is a lot of talk about the October 1 
train wreck. This is the Washington term for the day that the 
Government runs out of money, and in order to get more money, the 
Congress has to increase the debt ceiling or close down the Government.
  Yet the idea of laying off a few bureaucrats is scary to some. In 
fact, a day without Government to the Democrats is as bad as a day 
without baseball to Cal Ripken. But it is time to call the question: Do 
we as a nation want to continue status quo deficit spending, or do we 
want to balance the budget and get our House in order?
  This is what is at stake. October 1 is not a coming train wreck, but 
a day of atonement. The American people have spoken. They want a 
balanced budget. Let us give it to them.


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