[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 183 (Friday, November 17, 1995)]
[House]
[Pages H13143-H13144]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                           A GIFT FOR VIRGIL

  (Mr. NORWOOD asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. NORWOOD. Mr. Speaker, my good friend Virgil Aryers is in the 
hospital back home, and I have him on my mind today. He is in my 
thoughts and in my prayers, but I am excited about today for him, 
because we are going to be able to give him a little present. I know 
that Virgil is on Medicare, and I know that he wants us to save that 
program, and he wants us to improve it and make it better, and today we 
do just that.
  For 2 years Virgil has been asking me to balance the budget. Well, 
today we are going to do that in a 7-year time period with no gimmicks, 
no tricks, plain balance this budget.
  Mr. Speaker, Virgil wants to do that because of his children. He 
realizes those children must have a good 21st century in which to live 
and one in which they do not have $6 trillion worth of debt. I know how 
hard Virgil's children work, and they are very 

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pleased that we are going to allow them to keep some of their own 
money.
  Mr. Speaker, we are going to do what we said and balance this budget 
over 7 years, for our children.

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