[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 181 (Wednesday, November 15, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H12353]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                   AMERICAN DREAM, NOT AMERICAN DEBT

  (Mr. EHLERS asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. EHLERS. Mr. Speaker, as Members of Congress we are sent here to, 
as the Constitution says, ``secure the blessings of liberty to 
ourselves, and our Prosperity.'' For a generation now Congress has 
forsaken the mandate laid out in the founding documents: limited 
government freedom of opportunity, and common responsibility.
  For years now, Congress has helped to create a government that is too 
big, taxes too much, and makes people dependent. Well, last year the 
American people said ``Enough.'' They are tired of seeing their 
paychecks shrink while the Government gets bigger and goes further and 
further into debt, and elected a new majority to Congress.
  Congress and the President are now in a conflict over the budget. It 
must be made absolutely clear, the people and the President that 
Congress now follows a very different agenda than it did before. This 
Congress is committed to balancing the budget, so that our children 
will inherit the American dream and not the American debt. I hope the 
President will join us in this commitment.

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