[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]




                 ANOTHER STRATEGY FROM THE WHITE HOUSE

  (Mr. FORBES asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. FORBES. Mr. Speaker, anybody who had the opportunity to watch the 
President's remarks yesterday, they would have seen the unveiling of 
yet another strategy at the White House. After backing away from the 
promise the President made 30 days ago to the American people to offer 
a balanced budget using real numbers, the President's latest strategy 
now has him labeling House Republican freshmen as being extremists and 
radical. Imagine that. The President of the United States, the leader 
of the free world, is now held hostage by the Republican freshman 
class.
  Now, I have heard a lot of tall stories in my life, Mr. Speaker, but 
this one takes the cake. This latest attempt to tar and feather the 
Republicans as extremist boogeymen is just more proof Bill Clinton has 
no ideas and that he is becoming increasingly irrelevant.
  You know, it was just about a year ago the liberal media said that 
Bill Clinton was irrelevant. Considering his opposition, his opposition 
to an honest 7-year balanced budget, I think we now have an answer.

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