[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 186 (Monday, November 20, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H13361]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




              NOW IS THE TIME FOR CONGRESS TO DO ITS WORK

  (Mr. BENTSEN asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. BENTSEN. Mr. Speaker, the budget crisis having been temporarily 
averted, the Government back to work, credit being over claimed, 
everybody won; now, the hard part. Now is the time for Congress to do 
its work, pass the appropriations bill, send the reconciliation bill to 
the White House, accept the vetoes, and then let us sit down like 
adults and work out a bipartisan balanced budget that protects our 
values for Medicare, which I would argue the differences are not $4, 
but hundreds of billions of dollars for Medicaid, for education, and 
the environment.
  Seventy-five Democrats and Republicans, myself included, know where 
to start. Let us build on that. Let us build on the coalition budget. 
Let us do what the people sent us here to do. Let us work out an 
acceptable compromise.

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