[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 183 (Friday, November 17, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H13145]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




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               WORKING TOGETHER TO PASS A BALANCED BUDGET

  (Mr. BALLENGER asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute.)
  Mr. BALLENGER. Mr. Speaker, options, options, options. That is all 
the President is left with these days. We all know he does not have any 
solutions of his own.
  He chose one of those options. He shut down the Government. He chose 
poorly.
  He did not want to talk about it, but let me outline what his other 
option was. He could have agreed, in principle, to the idea that we 
should balance the budget in 7 years. He could have sat down and worked 
with Republicans to pass a balanced budget.
  But the President chose a different option. He chose to shut down the 
Government, because it made him look decisive--something that has not 
happened during his entire tenure as President.
  Mr. Speaker, Republicans are simply trying to do what the American 
people have asked us to do--balance the budget. I wish the President 
would join us and end the Democrat legacy of passing the buck on to 
future generations.

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