[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 179 (Monday, November 13, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H16951]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                    THE PRESIDENT DOES HAVE A BUDGET

  (Mrs. SCHROEDER asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Mrs. SCHROEDER. Mr. Speaker, the President does have a budget. He 
does have a budget that balances in 7 years. The issue is: Who do you 
cut?
  I think it is outrageous today that many hard-working Federal 
employees in my State of Colorado are standing there quaking as this 
holiday season approaches, wondering how long people are going to play 
with their lives and play with their paychecks.
  I want to remind you that Time magazine in June of this year quoted 
the Speaker as saying the President can run parts of the Government 
that are left or he can run no Government and the Speaker went on to 
say, ``Which of the two of us do you think worries about government not 
showing up?''
  Well, that tells you how casually they are playing to get an extreme, 
mean agenda through. This is not about balancing the budget. This is 
about whether you balance it on your mom's back or the kids' back so 
you can pay off fat cats, or you do what is fair and what is right in 
the American way.
  I am sorry that Federal employees in my region are being used as 
pawns in this game. I would not do that.

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