[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 181 (Wednesday, November 15, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H12356]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                   EVERYBODY WANTS A BALANCED BUDGET

  (Mr. NEY asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. NEY. Mr. Speaker, the American people need to know that there was 
a vote on this floor to protect Social Security funds from being 
raided. They need to know there was a vote on this floor to protect 
pension funds from being raided to pay the national debt.
  We voted for it, but we were not successful. We needed more support 
from over here. People talk about the fact that they want a balanced 
budget. Everybody wants a balanced budget, until it is time to actually 
do it. The American people are not extremists. My district is 
overwhelmingly Democrat, and the calls are coming in overwhelmingly 9 
to 1, by Democrats, Republicans, independents, working people across 
this country that they want a balanced budget.
  The American people care about the money they put into their wallets, 
and their money for 26 to 30 years the Government has taken out of 
their wallets. No more smoke and mirrors, no more false promises of 
Gramm-Rudman. It is time to act and for Washington to act right now on 
behalf of the American people and the future of children in our country 
to balance the Nation's budget once and for all so people can keep 
their own hard-earned money.

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