[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 182 (Thursday, November 16, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H13038]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




               PRESIDENT SAYS ONE THING AND MEANS ANOTHER

  (Mr. CHABOT asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. CHABOT. Mr. Speaker, so now the President tells us he does not 
want a balanced budget, and we were wrong to believe him when he said 
he did. Sure, he campaigned promising a balanced budget in 5 years, and 
sure, at one point he said he favored a balanced budget in 7 years but 
how insensitive, how downright mean-spirited, of us to take him at his 
word. What were we thinking?
  Last night, we passed what the President said he wanted, a clean bill 
with simple language reiterating the President's commitment to a 7-year 
balanced budget and he's throwing it back in the face of the American 
people.
  But it shouldn't be that surprising. After all, this is the man who 
said he wanted a middle-class tax cut and then gave us the largest tax 
increase in history. This is the man who said he wanted to end welfare 
as we know it and is now fighting us as we try to make welfare reform a 
reality.
  So, you know, on second thought, maybe it's good that the President 
says he'll veto our balanced budget. Maybe that means he'll sign it and 
the Government shutdown will end.

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