[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 206 (Thursday, December 21, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H15489]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




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                         DOING THE RIGHT THING

  (Mr. THORNBERRY asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. THORNBERRY. Mr. Speaker, all of my colleagues are anxious to get 
home for Christmas, and no one more so than this Member. But I 
recognize that the best Christmas present that we could give to all our 
children is to stop adding debt upon debt which they must repay.
  I recognize that if we do not do it now, then it probably will not 
ever get done. And, while it may be more convenient to put it off yet 
again, as has been done so many times in the past, that would be wrong, 
and that would be going back to business as usual in Washington, DC, 
and that is what this Republican freshman ran to stop.
  Mr. Speaker, we must act now to balance the budget for our kids. We 
must act now to save Medicare for our parents and grandparents. We must 
act now to reform welfare for all our sakes, and we must do so with or 
without the President. Whatever it takes, Mr. Speaker, we must do the 
right thing.

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