[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 181 (Wednesday, November 15, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H12354]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                       A LETTER TO THE PRESIDENT

  (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. Mr. Speaker, yesterday I received a copy of a 
letter written by a senior citizen and businessman who lives in 
Seattle. It is addressed to President Clinton, and this is what he 
wrote:

       When you were elected President, I felt issues you 
     addressed in your campaign, such as balancing the budget in 
     five years, were important.

  Let me interject, Mr. Speaker, that the President now says that 
balancing the budget by 2002--10 years after his election--is 
unacceptable.
  The writer goes on:

       At the age of 62, I qualify as one of those you are trying 
     to scare, but I can count . . . You speak of ``huge and 
     horrendous cuts in programs'' which, in reality, will 
     increase at well over the rate of inflation.
       Please settle down, and without posturing, deal in a 
     thoughtful way with our budget problem. . . . Even the poor, 
     old, infirm and students will benefit from lower interest 
     rates . . .
       Your posturing and inflammatory scare rhetoric may, in the 
     short-run, accomplish some objective, but history will not 
     treat anyone well who fails to lead us out of the mess that 
     years of excessive spending has created.

  Mr. Speaker, that says it all.

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