[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]




            REPUBLICANS COMMITTED TO A REAL BALANCED BUDGET

  (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, this is the national debt as of last 
week: 4 trillion, 985 billion, 913 million, 11 thousand and 32 dollars, 
and 65 cents.
  I have a question. If someone could lay each dollar of the debt end 
to end around the equator, how many times would it circle the Earth? 
The answer--18,635 times.
  I have another question. How many balanced budgets has President 
Clinton introduced? The answer--zero.
  Now it is true that the President claims to have introduced a 
balanced budget. But upon further inspection by the CBO, his budget 
really does not balance at all. In the year 2005, President Clinton's 
deficit would be over $200 billion.
  Mr. Speaker, Republicans are committed to a real balanced budget and 
saying no to big government and the tax and spend policies of the past.
  Let's end the excuses and balance the budget now.

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