[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 177 (Thursday, November 9, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H11979]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                           THE NATIONAL DEBT

  (Mrs. SEASTRAND asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Mrs. SEASTRAND. Mr. Speaker, yesterday the national debt stood at 4 
trillion, 985 billion, 913 million, 11 thousand and 32 dollars, and 65 
cents.
  What has been the response from opponents? Fear tactics. Scare the 
elderly. Scare the children. Scare the infirm. Distort our majority 
plan to balance the budget.
  We have a crisis in America with the national debt expanding and 
growing even as I speak. We need answers and the resolve to implement 
them.
  I am reminded of what Ronald Reagan said 11 years ago. He said the 
choices we face are not between personalities or parties, but between 
``different visions of the future, two fundamentally different ways of 
governing--their government of pessimism, fear and limits, or ours of 
hope, confidence and growth.''
  Mr. Speaker, we can balance the budget and secure a better future for 
our children. We will not and must not be side-tracked by fear and 
pessimism.

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