[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 206 (Thursday, December 21, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H15488]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




               MY MOM AND DAD: WHAT AMERICA IS ALL ABOUT

  (Mr. CHABOT asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. CHABOT. Mr. Speaker, at a time when the President and this 
Congress are engaged in an historic battle over finally balancing this 
Nation's budget, I would like to take a moment to acknowledge the 
importance of this date, December 21, 1995, to me.
  You see, 50 years ago today, December 21, 1945, a young soldier from 
Massachusetts who had just returned from the war in Europe and a young 
woman from North Carolina were married. Over that 50 years they raised 
four children. They now have 9 grandchildren and a 10th on the way. 
They are both now in their seventies. They are both on Social Security 
and Medicare, and they both realize, by the way, that we are not 
cutting Medicare or Social Security, despite what some in this House 
might allege.
  They never had a lot of money, material goods, or that kind of 
wealth. But they did have something and they still have something that 
is more important. They have love. They are my mom and dad, and they 
are an example of what America is all about.

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