[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 186 (Monday, November 20, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H13360]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




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            FINALLY A PLAN TO BALANCE THE BUDGET IN 7 YEARS

  (Mr. SCARBOROUGH asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. SCARBOROUGH. Mr. Speaker, this is a truly historical day in this 
country, not because we have agreement on a final balanced budget plan, 
but because we finally have the executive branch and the legislative 
branch agreeing to balance the budget in 7 years.
  Now we have seen a lot of flip-flops over the past year. We are going 
to put that behind us. We are going to do what it takes to protect and 
preserve Medicare and to also balance our budget for the next 
generation.
  Of course, we have heard the Democrats attacking our plans on 
Medicare, saying that it was mean-spirited, but let us hear what the 
Washington Post had to say about the difference between the plans. They 
said:

       Though many of the President's advisers think the GOP's 
     proposal is sensible and it differs little from his own plan, 
     the President fired sound bites from the Oval Office daily 
     taking the low road in ways that only Washington pundits 
     could recast as standing trial.

  Let us forget the demagoguery, let us admit that there is only $4 
difference between our Medicare and the President's Medicare plan, and 
let us get on with the people's business, and stop looking at the 
polls, and do what is right. That is why we were elected, and that is 
the principle that we stand firmly on.
  Balance the budget for the next generation.

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