[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 2 (Thursday, January 4, 1996)]
[House]
[Page H126]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




          BALANCED BUDGET IN 7 YEARS IMPORTANT FOR THE FUTURE

  (Mr. ALLARD asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. ALLARD. Mr. Speaker, we are where the road forks in this 
country's history. We are talking about business as usual or whether we 
really want to bring some change to this place.
  I have a lot of empathy and support, or concern, about Federal 
employees who may not be having an opportunity to work, and I think we 
need to look at our policy as a way we handle these kinds of public 
discussions and we ought to set a policy that allows them to go back to 
work if they wanted to.
  But we are talking about whether we are going to balance the budget 
in 7 years using real figures, or whether we are going to go over here 
and do business as usual, as we have been doing for the last 40 years. 
That is where this crossroad is.
  The President simply is not sitting down and looking at what we can 
do with real numbers in 7 years to balance the budget. We have to do 
that if we are going to have any kind of future for our children and 
grandchildren. It is imperative. It is important.

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