[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]




            LET US BALANCE THE BUDGET FOR OUR GRANDCHILDREN

  (Mr. LINDER asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. LINDER. Mr. Speaker, I am here this afternoon to announce that my 
second grandson, John Allan Simpson, was born this morning at 8:30. 
Mother and son are doing fine; father not doing so well, but he will 
come down to earth soon, too. But it is the grandchildren that caused 
me to run for Congress.
  Before I came here, I had a much better job, made about twice as much 
money and had actual vacations. But it is important for us as leaders 
in this country to get control of the runaway spending that we are 
passing the bill on to our grandchildren. John Allan Simpson, if we do 
not change our ways, will have a $187,000 bill for just interest on the 
debt over his lifetime. That is immoral. For 30 years we voted 
ourselves wishes and dreams and passed the bills on to our 
grandchildren. That is immoral.
  I am proud to say that this weekend we have gotten some movement. I 
am pleased that the President has agreed that within the framework that 
we have proposed we will come to terms with not spending more than $7 
trillion over the next 7 years. We will get control of the debt, 
balance the budget and grow out of this mess for our grandchildren.

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