[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 3 (Friday, January 5, 1996)]
[House]
[Page H192]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




               A CONTINUING RESOLUTION IS NOT THE ANSWER

  (Mr. GOSS asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. GOSS. Mr. Speaker, the gentleman from Maryland [Mr. Hoyer] has 
asked for 21 responsible Members of the Republican Party in the House 
of Representatives to come forward. There will be 236 responsible 
Members of the Republican Party coming forward today, and we will 
indeed provide the quick action and the morally responsible position 
that has been referred to by previous speakers.
  It is the lost liberal left and the President in the White House who 
is listening to them that has caused this problem.
  Mr. Speaker, we have had 40 years of business as usual, our social 
contracts are in disarray, our quality of life is down in this country, 
we are $5 trillion poorer because these social programs do not work, 
and the best that the other side can come up with is more business as 
usual, a continuing resolution is the answer. It is not the answer.
  The answer is to do what we are trying to do; that is, a balanced 
budget in 7 years with real numbers, and to get the President of the 
United States to live up to his pledge to do it.

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