[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 182 (Thursday, November 16, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H13039]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                PRESIDENT CLINTON URGED TO SIGN THE BILL

  (Mr. GUTKNECHT asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. GUTKNECHT. Mr. Speaker, the debate is now clear and the battle is 
joined. As Paul Harvey has said, Americans hate statistics but 
Americans know what they expect from us. They want us to put government 
on a diet and they want us to balance their budget. We are a Nation 
that gets up early, rolls up our sleeves and gets the job done. To be 
told that we cannot balance this budget within 7 years is an insult to 
the intelligence of the American people. You promised to balance the 
budget in 5 years. Mr. President, if you meant what you said, then sign 
this bill.

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