[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 171 (Wednesday, November 1, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H11592]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                  WHAT DOES THE PRESIDENT REALLY WANT?

  (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, I suspect that most Americans 
are confused as to what the President wants in a Federal budget. The 
President has said that he wants, one, a plan that will balance the 
Federal budget in 7 years; two, a plan that will save Medicare from 
bankruptcy; three, a plan that will end welfare as we know it; and, 
four, a plan that will cut taxes for families and reduce the capital 
gains tax to spur job creation and economic growth.
  But the President has never presented a plan that would balance the 
budget and do these other things. The Congress has. However, the 
President has announced he intends to veto this plan that will balance 
the budget the House and Senate will shortly send to him.
  Mr. Speaker, I, for one, do not understand why the President would 
veto the only plan that will balance the Federal budget and accomplish 
the goals he says he supports which is also what the American people 
want.
  Why go through all of that trouble? What does the President really 
want, Mr. Speaker?

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