[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]




                     WE NEED A BALANCED BUDGET NOW

  (Mr. JONES asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. JONES. Mr. Speaker, we are in the middle of the most important 
debate in decades--do we balance the budget or do we allow the out of 
control spending to continue. If we do not balance the budget now, it 
will never happen.
  We have worked for months on developing a plan that would protect 
future generations and the country's fiscal solvency. Our balanced 
budget offers the American people a dividend.
  Just a month ago, President Clinton agreed to work with us to achieve 
a balanced budget using CBO numbers. However, once again the President 
has back peddled playing politics as usual. He is more concerned with 
power and spending taxpayer money than he is about our children's 
future. We have offered a reasonable, responsible balanced budget which 
benefits the American people.
  President Clinton, it is time for to put the political games aside 
and start working on behalf of the American people.

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