[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 204 (Tuesday, December 19, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H15102]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




       CONGRESS SHOULD DEAL WITH THE REAL PROBLEMS FACING AMERICA

  (Mr. HINCHEY asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. HINCHEY. Mr. Speaker, first of all, with regard to what the 
previous speaker said, there were other preconditions. The President 
agreed to a balanced budget so long as that balanced budget protected 
Social Security, protected Medicare, protected education, and protected 
the environment.
  Mr. Speaker, the budget that these people want to pass on this side 
of the House does none of that. But what about that resolution that was 
passed yesterday? It is a nonbinding resolution that says that we 
should balanced the budget in 7 years. What is the validity of that 
number? None whatsoever. The Speaker dreamed it up. It might as well 
have been 5 or 9 years.
  Furthermore, there will be 3 Congresses here between now and the year 
2002. Neither of those 3 Congresses will be bound by what this Congress 
has done. They will have to deal with the economic realities of the 
situation. What will those economic realities be? If you believe the 
Congressional Budget Office numbers, which is what that resolution 
said, the economic realities will be this: A recession; perhaps a deep 
and serious one.
  Let us be serious here. Let us deal with the real problems facing the 
people of this country. It is the economic problems. It is the creation 
of more jobs and a sound economic budget; not the one that was passed 
here by this majority.

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