[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 180 (Tuesday, November 14, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H12202]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




           CONGRESS' SPENDING SPREE A BURDEN TO OUR CHILDREN

  (Ms. DUNN of Washington asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. DUNN of Washington. Madam Speaker, the introduction by the 
gentleman from North Carolina [Mr. Burr] of his father a moment ago was 
a great change from the rhetoric we have heard during the last few 
years.
  Madam Speaker, I want to take a moment to address my colleagues from 
my perspective as a mother. First, I know what it is like to raise two 
little boys into grown men and I know what it is like to dream about 
their futures.
  Unfortunately, the burden this Congress has put on these children for 
the last few decades has been a spending spree that has undermined 
their futures. Past Congresses have burdened each child born this year 
with a bill of $187,000, just to pay interest through their lifetime on 
the national debt. That is why we must move aggressively toward a 
balanced budget.
  As a mother I am concerned that we do the right things to preserve 
and protect Medicare for my sons, not to mention my parents. That is 
why we must take the steps necessary to save Medicare from going into 
certain bankruptcy.
  Madam Speaker, as the front page of the Washington Post says today, 
the real fight is over balancing the budget. I am committed to it, we 
are committed to it. It is the right thing to do.

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