[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 182 (Thursday, November 16, 1995)]
[House]
[Pages H13039-H13040]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                      THE PRESIDENT AND THE TRUTH

  (Mr. BALLENGER asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute.)
  Mr. BALLENGER. Mr. Speaker, President Bill Clinton has willfully 
misled the American public on his plans for the future of America.
  During his campaign for President, he said he would support a 
balanced budget in 5 years. Two years later, he refuses to even 
consider balancing the budget in seven years.
  He said he would end welfare as we know it. Now he says he will veto 
a bill that ends welfare as we know it. He said he supported tax relief 
for the American family. But his first budget raised taxes on American 
families.
  Mr. Speaker, President Clinton is to truth what Abraham Lincoln was 
to lying.
  The American people should not believe a word he says, because many 

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  times Bill Clinton does not believe the words he is saying.
  As President Clinton continues to refuse to open the Government, I 
urge the American people to focus on these facts. Republicans are going 
to keep their promises and offer a real balanced budget. Bill Clinton 
is going to break his promises and fight any balanced budget.

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