[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 190 (Thursday, November 30, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H13810]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




             VOTING CARD WORLD'S MOST EXPENSIVE CREDIT CARD

  (Mr. WELLER asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. WELLER. Mr. Speaker, as one of those who came to Washington to 
change how Washington works, I found the last year so very interesting.
  Mr. Speaker, all of us in the House use this plastic card. It is a 
card that we carry, and the interesting thing is, our friends on the 
left, the Democrats, for the last 26 years have used this card, their 
voting card, as the world's most expensive credit card, running up a 
$4.9 trillion national debt.
  What does that mean to the people in the land of Lincoln, my home 
State of Illinois? Well, everybody's share is $19,000 if we wanted to 
pay off that national debt. We have been operating under deficit 
spending for 26 years. Not since Neil Armstrong has Congress balanced 
the budget.
  Just like every American family, Republicans are committed to living 
within our means. We have a plan which balances the budget over 7 
years. We increase spending for Medicare by $724 billion over 7 years. 
We increase Medicaid funding for the State of Illinois by 55 percent. 
We have a plan to balance the budget. We reform welfare.
  Where is the Democrat leadership plan? Where is the President's plan?

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