[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 200 (Friday, December 15, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H14934]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         CHANGE FOR THE BETTER

  (Mr. CUNNINGHAM asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  (Mr. CUNNINGHAM. Mr. Speaker, we understand that according to Senator 
Dole that this event is so important that Hazel O'Leary is flying in 
for it. We would also like to point out that the American people asked 
us to make a change here and, that is, to balance the budget.

                              {time}  1100

  The Democrats have gone after the Speaker of the House with 65 
charges for political reasons. Why? To take the heat off the President 
so that the President can go on and cook his books.
  We cannot spend $300 billion more than we take in, Mr. Speaker, and I 
think it is a rare find where you find a Speaker, a man or any woman 
that will stand up and take this abuse, take negative charges like Tom 
Campbell did, and win. Well, the Abe Lincoln theory that you can fool 
some of the people some of the time stands. Tom Campbell was elected, 
the Speaker of the House will balance the budget, do not cook the 
books, Mr. President. We are going to balance the budget, and my 
colleagues are right. We are not leaving this place. I brought my 
Christmas tree for here and for home. We are not leaving until we 
balance the budget using CBO numbers.

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