[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 193 (Wednesday, December 6, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H14029]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                   QUESTIONS ABOUT A BALANCED BUDGET

  (Mr. KINGSTON asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. KINGSTON. Mr. Speaker, there are a lot of questions that have 
been going on about the budget. Will we have a balanced budget? Will 
the Democrats go with the Congressional Budget Office numbers? When 
will the budget be balanced? Will the President, in fact, offer a 
balanced budget? Will it happen this year? Will it happen before 
Christmas?
  In fact, Mr. Speaker, there has been so much confusion about the 
budget that I told the gentleman from Ohio [Mr. Kasich] to go down to 
the CIA and get one of the palm readers down there to give him a 
prediction.
  One thing we know, Mr. Speaker, is that we do not need a crystal ball 
to read this agreement right here that happened between the Republicans 
and the Democrats. It says, both sides, including and especially the 
President, are committed to a 7-year balanced budget.
  ``The President and the Congress shall enact legislation in the first 
session of the 104th Congress to achieve a balanced budget not later 
than the fiscal year 2002, as estimated by the Congressional Budget 
Office.''
  Not one person voted against this. This is what the discussion is all 
about, Mr. Speaker. Let us keep our commitments and follow this 
agreement.

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