[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 204 (Tuesday, December 19, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H15098]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                   LAST CHANCE FOR A BALANCED BUDGET

  (Mr. KNOLLENBERG asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. KNOLLENBERG. Mr. Speaker, let me just suggest to the gentlewoman 
from Colorado that I am for those same things. I am for protecting 
Medicare, for protecting education, I am for protecting Medicaid.
  Mr. Speaker, this is the last best chance perhaps that we will have 
to balance this budget. We have a window of opportunity right how to do 
the right thing for the American people.
  The Republican majority has a plan. I do not see one coming from the 
President. He says he wants to balance the budget, to produce a plan, 
yet he has not produced a plan. He has not even shown us his plan. 
Instead of working with the Republican majority to find some common 
ground, he continues to mislead America with imaginary spending cuts on 
Medicare, Medicaid, education, and so forth.
  The President's philosophy seems to be to scare the children, scare 
the poor, scare the veterans, and scare the seniors. As 1995 comes to 
an end, the American people need to know that the only thing standing 
between them and a balanced budget, lower taxes, lower interest rates, 
and more jobs, is the President, President Clinton.
  Mr. Speaker, the majority stands ready to work with the President. It 
is time for him to provide leadership and help us end the days of spend 
now, and worry later.

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