[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 2 (Thursday, January 4, 1996)]
[House]
[Pages H122-H123]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




         CALLING ON PRESIDENT TO STEP FORWARD IN BUDGET DEBATE

  (Mr. FOX of Pennsylvania asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. FOX of Pennsylvania. Mr. Speaker, I come to the House floor today 
to remind my colleagues that on November 20 the President of the United 
States did promise this House by law that he in fact would work with 
us, the House and Senate, for a balanced budget.
  As the previous speaker from South Carolina has said, it is a fact we 
have no budget from the President. Six appropriation bills have gone to 
the President without signature. The facts are very clear. His not 
signing the appropriation bills has caused the furlough of Federal 
workers.

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  We want the Federal workers to go back to work. We want our 
constituents served. Republicans and Democrats in this House want a 
balanced budget, and we can do it by ending the gridlock, by having the 
President meet us halfway. The budget he gave us previously was $265 
billion out of balance. Let us have a budget that truly balances, one 
that is going to be providing services to our people without 
bankrupting the Nation or the next generation.

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