[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 181 (Wednesday, November 15, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H12355]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




               BIPARTISANSHIP CALLED FOR IN BUDGET BATTLE

  (Mr. BISHOP asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. BISHOP. Mr. Speaker, the President should not give in to 
blackmail.
  The Republican leaders in Congress are attempting to blackmail the 
American people into accepting a budget-balancing plan that pays for a 
massive $245 billion tax cut for the rich by extreme $450 billion 
reductions in Medicare and Medicaid.
  The Republicans threaten to force the Government to default in its 
obligations and shut down unless the President lets them balance the 
budget in 7 years their way--a way that hurts seniors, hurts children, 
hurts veterans, hurts farmers, hurts rural hospitals, and hurts college 
students.
  I am a fiscal conservative. I support a balanced budget. Conservative 
Democrats offered a bill to balance the budget in 7 years that is 
credible, makes reasonable reductions in Government programs while 
preserving those that benefit our Nation's people. The Republican 
majority rejected this fair bill.
  Let's get a bipartisan agreement to balance the budget in a way that 
is fair and just to all Americans--not just the rich. But let's not 
give in to Republican's blackmail.

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