[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 192 (Tuesday, December 5, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H13941]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                 PRESIDENT SHOULD SIGN BALANCED BUDGET

  (Mr. BALLENGER asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute.)
  Mr. BALLENGER. Mr. Speaker, I am no great defender of the Washington 
press corps, but let me share this quote from this week's Newsweek 
magazine:

       Unfortunately, the White House isn't yet truly bargaining. 
     President Clinton has endorsed a balanced budget but has 
     flagrantly misrepresented the GOP budget. He say it would 
     ``destroy'' Medicare. This is an absurd description of a 
     program whose spending would grow 62 percent by 2002. He says 
     that ``deep'' education cuts would ``undermine'' schools. But 
     the budget barely touches the largest education program--
     guaranteed college loans--and all Federal aid to public 
     schools provides only 7 percent of their spending.

  Newsweek is absolutely right. The President has only paid lipservice 
to balancing the budget. While he tries to portray the Republican 
budget as draconian and mean-spirited, he offers no plan of his own.
  Instead of lipservice, the President should sign the balanced budget 
that is now sitting on his desk.

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