[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 1 (Wednesday, January 3, 1996)]
[House]
[Page H10]
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                  A SIMPLE SOLUTION TO BUDGET IMPASSE

  (Mr. BONO asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. BONO. Mr. Speaker, this place cracks me up sometimes. I sometimes 
feel like I walk through a mirror and I am going to meet the Mad 
Hatter. We hear bleeding heart after bleeding heart. We hear all these 
stories.
  It is this simple. The President said he would sign a contract to 
balance the budget in 7 years, scored by CBO. We said fine. If you do 
that, there is no problem, we will keep going, and Government will be 
open.
  Now the President has not done that, so all the rest of this rhetoric 
is rhetoric. As soon as the President decides to keep his word, that is 
what has got to be understood, Mr. Speaker, is that he has to keep his 
word, and his word was that he would sign a balanced budget scored by 
CBO. I hope he keeps his word soon.

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