[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 183 (Friday, November 17, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H13147]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




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          ARE REPUBLICANS SERIOUS ABOUT BALANCING THE BUDGET?

  (Mr. FORD asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. FORD. Mr. Speaker, I wonder whether the Republicans are serious 
when they talk about balancing a budget. What we are really talking 
about today and will be talking about later today, rather, is that $32 
billion for low-income working families will be wiped completely out on 
their taxes, and also student loans will be just cut drastically 
because of what the Republicans will bring to this House floor today.
  The $270 billion out of the Medicare Program, these are drastic cuts 
that are going to be made today by the Republicans just to give the 
wealthy and the rich of this country a $245 billion tax cut.
  We think that is wrong. We ought to seriously be about the business 
of the American people today and not try to fool the American people 
with this balanced budget talk.

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