[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 192 (Tuesday, December 5, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H13942]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                   WAITING FOR THE PRESIDENT'S BUDGET

  (Mr. RIGGS asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. RIGGS. Mr. Speaker, I draw your attention to this particular 
chart here. As of today, it has been 1,280 days since candidate Clinton 
promised a national audience on ``Larry King Live,'' ``I would present 
a 5-year plan if elected President to balance the budget.'' It has been 
17 days, not 16, 17 days since the President promised in writing to 
sign a bill by the end of this year that balances the budget in 7 years 
using honest numbers.
  We Republicans have done our job. We have sent the President a 
detailed fair budget plan to do just that. However, the President says 
he does not like our plan. Well, if that is the case, where is his 
plan? Let him put his plan on the bargaining table. That is negotiating 
in good faith.
  Let me repeat that. If the President does not like our plan to 
balance the budget, then he should produce his own plan to balance the 
budget, not this. His budget has deficits in the range of $200 billion 
well into the next century. The American people are tired of all the 
cheap political talk coming out of the White House, the political 
posturing, the demagoguery. They want to see action. They want to see 
how the President proposes to balance the budget.
  Mr. Speaker, it has been 17 days so far. We are still waiting for the 
President's balanced budget plan. How many more days will we have to 
wait until he keeps his promise and signs a budget?

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