[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 181 (Wednesday, November 15, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H12352]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                    COMMITMENT TO A BALANCED BUDGET

  (Mr. BUNN of Oregon asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. BUNN of Oregon. Mr. Speaker, right now the Federal Government is 
in the process of shutting down. All nonessential services have been 
stopped temporarily while we wait for President Clinton to come to the 
table to seriously negotiate with Congress. While the President is busy 
golfing and playing other games the American people, Federal employees 
are not getting paid.
  The President's plan may be par for the course, but it doesn't 
balance the budget and it isn't good enough.
  The President still gets paid during this shutdown, he has nothing to 
lose. He doesn't understand how committed Congress is about balancing 
the budget. It is time for us to show the President and the American 
people just how serious we are about balancing the budget.
  Under H.R. 2351 our salaries will be stopped if we fail to resolve 
our budget impasse. This bill will hold us accountable for our actions, 
something that the President is unable and unwilling to do.
  The President once promised the American people that he would balance 
the budget in 5 years. Obviously he wasn't serious about doing that, it 
was just another campaign promise. Let's show the American people how 
committed we are to ensuring that our kids don't have to shoulder the 
debt we have incurred, let's pass H.R. 2351.
  Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance of time.

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