[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 197 (Tuesday, December 12, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H14266]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         NOT A BALANCED BUDGET

  (Mr. TAYLOR of Mississippi asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute.)
  Mr. TAYLOR of Mississippi. Mr. Speaker, in today's USA Today on page 
7 is an ad that contains the following advertisement where the National 
Republican Party offers a million dollars to the first citizen who can 
prove that the following statement is false: ``In November 1995, the 
U.S. House and Senate passed a balanced budget bill.'' Then it goes on 
to talk about the increases in spending for Medicare.
  In November 1995 the House and Senate passed a budget bill that 
increases the annual operating deficit of this country by $33 billion. 
You see, next year's annual operating deficit will be $296 billion, of 
which $118 billion will be stolen from the trust funds that you good 
people are paying into on your Social Security and other programs.
  That is not a balanced budget. Mr. Barber, you can write the check 
care of the University of Southern Mississippi scholarship fund. You 
are out $1 million.

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