[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 193 (Wednesday, December 6, 1995)]
[House]
[Pages H14029-H14030]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                    COMMITMENT TO A BALANCED BUDGET

  (Mr. HOKE asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. HOKE. Mr. Speaker, 18 days ago in the House of Representatives we 
passed a continuing resolution that had the language in it, that the 
gentleman from Georgia [Mr. Kingston] 

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just showed, that makes and unequivocal commitment of every single 
Member of this House that voted that day. Not one single Democrat voted 
against that. Nobody has voted against that. The President of the 
United States signed it into law.
  Mr. Speaker, it says clearly and simply we are going to, by December 
31, midnight, 1995, we will enter into a balanced budget agreement that 
will show by the year 2002 the amount that we spend is going to be in 
balance with the amount that we take in.
  It has been 18 days since the President signed that into law. The 
President has not given one ounce of indication as to exactly what he 
is going to do; how he is going to get to that point. We have a piece 
of legislation that has been passed on the Senate side and the House 
side. It has been passed in conference. It is, in fact, the Balanced 
Budget Act of 1995.
  Mr. Speaker, if the President does not like it, would the President 
please come forward; would the Democratic leaders in the Congress 
please come forward; would the Democratic leaders in the Senate come 
forward and tell us where they differ.

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