[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 204 (Tuesday, December 19, 1995)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E2413]
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                          THE PRESIDENT'S PLAN

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                            HON. RON PACKARD

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                       Tuesday, December 19, 1995

  Mr. PACKARD. Mr. Speaker, I don't know what we need to do to get a 
clear budget plan from the President, but with each day it becomes 
increasingly obvious that he just doesn't have one.
  Our Republican negotiators need an explicit budget plan from the 
President. The plan submitted over the weekend is at least $75 billion 
out of balance. It is a phony. We cannot come to an agreement when all 
the White House is prepared to offer are superficial numbers severely 
deficient in detail.
  Mr. Speaker, the President must give Republicans a specific plan with 
specific reforms and numbers. And, he needs to make sure it reaches 
balance in 7 years. My Republican colleagues and I have a plan, a real, 
honest balanced budget on the table. We are prepared to remain in 
Washington through Christmas to achieve an agreement, but we need the 
President and his Democrat colleagues to get serious and get to work.

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