[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 179 (Monday, November 13, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H12139]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




           NOTHING THAT HAPPENS TODAY WILL BALANCE THE BUDGET

  (Mr. FLAKE asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. HOYER. Mr. Speaker, will the gentleman yield?
  Mr. FLAKE. I yield to the gentleman from Maryland.
  Mr. HOYER. Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentleman for yielding.
  The gentleman from Pennsylvania, after I spoke, talked about liberal 
extremists and the balanced budget. As one who has voted on numerous 
occasions for the balanced budget constitutional amendment, as one who 
voted for the Stenholm balanced budget that did not pass, and as one 
who voted for the coalition budget which would balance the budget in 7 
years, faster than the budget offered by the other side, I do not 
believe that I fall in that category.
  I say again, nothing that happens today will balance the budget, 
whether the President signs the continuing resolution or not. The fact 
of the matter is there would be no necessity for a continuing 
resolution if this House and the Senate had passed appropriation bills 
in a timely fashion. They cannot agree. They have not done that, and 
that is why we are here as we are.

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