[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 175 (Tuesday, November 7, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H11790]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




  CLINTON ADMINISTRATION AND AMERICAN PEOPLE HAVE DIFFERENT PRIORITIES

  (Mr. EWING asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. EWING. Mr. Speaker, the Clinton administration's top concern 
these days seems to be raising the debt ceiling; in other words, 
increasing the Government's credit limit, which will be paid by our 
grandchildren.
  For 11 months now, the Republican Congress has been writing a budget 
which will be balanced in 7 years. Throughout the whole process, the 
President has been missing the whole point. He needs to build consensus 
and accept the agenda of the American people.
  Now the President wants us to raise the debt limit when he has not 
even stated he will sign the balanced budget amendment over a 7-year 
period, nor has he said he will sign legislation to save Medicare or 
reform welfare. He wants to increase the debt ceiling and he is 
fighting nearly every Republican proposal to cut spending and reduce 
the size of Government.
  Mr. Speaker, the Clinton administration's priorities are not the same 
as the American people. The American people want to clean up this 
fiscal mess, not increase the Government's credit limit without 
balancing the budget.

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