[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 179 (Monday, November 13, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H16950]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                      OUR COUNTRY NEEDS LEADERSHIP

  (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, candidate Clinton ran on a pledge to balance 
the budget in 5 years, and now he is wiling to shut down the Government 
rather than agree to balance it in 7 years.
  The President's administration and special interest groups friendly 
to that administration are very loose with the facts. They are using 
distortion to scare senior citizens into believing that the Republicans 
are raising Medicare premiums, when all we are doing is keeping 
premiums at the current rate rather than dropping it and then raising 
it again.
  The administration and representatives from there are claiming that 
our budget proposals would destroy the environment, environment and 
educational programs, and they know that is not true also. But their 
pollsters, by the way, tell them that these are good issues.
  What I am getting at, Mr. Speaker, is that our country needs 
leadership, not pandering to political special interests. The President 
should accept the leadership from this Congress' offer to work out our 
budget problems.

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