[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 206 (Thursday, December 21, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H15491]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




               TIME TO GET SERIOUS ABOUT BALANCED BUDGET

  (Mr. LEWIS of Kentucky asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. LEWIS of Kentucky. Mr. Speaker, it is strange that day in and day 
out we keep hearing from the President and from his liberal friends 
that come to the well of the House and talk about how they want a 
balanced budget. But to hear them talk, $12 trillion over the next 7 
years is not enough. They want a balanced budget, but they are not 
willing to balance it.
  I think they want an unbalanced budget, just like they have had for 
the last 26 years. More spending, more spending. And let me say this: 
In the year 2012, what are they going to do when every tax dollar will 
be consumed by entitlement and interest on the debt, and there is no 
future for our children and grandchildren? What are they going to do 
then?
  It is time we get serious about a $5 trillion debt. It is time that 
we get serious and not play these games. What are you willing to do to 
get a balanced budget?

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