[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 180 (Tuesday, November 14, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H12205]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                  BORROWING FROM OUR CHILDREN'S FUTURE

  (Mr. NORWOOD asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. NORWOOD. As a nation, we are almost $5 trillion in debt. The 
share of the national debt held by the people of the 10th District of 
Georgia is $11 billion. The share of the national debt my 2-year-old 
grandson owes is 19 thousand dollars. I do not care whose fault it is; 
this mindless borrowing from our children's future must stop.
  Mr. Speaker, as the duly elected representative of the people of the 
10th District of Georgia, I cannot and will not vote to increase the 
debt limit of the United States without a clear commitment to balance 
the budget in 7 years. I cannot and will not vote to continue the 
spending of the U.S. Government without a clear commitment to balance 
the budget in 7 years or less. The people of the 10th District of 
Georgia have my word on it.

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