[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 7 (Monday, January 22, 1996)]
[House]
[Page H341]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                    BALANCED BUDGET PLAN DOES EXIST

  (Mr. STUPAK asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. STUPAK. Mr. Speaker, first I would say congratulations to Grandpa 
Dornan on his newest grandchild.
  Mr. Speaker, as I was back home this last 2 weeks for the district 
work period, we had a lot of town hall meetings. I spoke with many 
other groups. For Mr. Dornan's grandchild and other grandchildren and 
our children throughout this whole country, folks told me we need a 
balanced budget, we must have a balanced budget.
  I say to my friends on this side of the aisle, there are actually 
three balanced budgets pending before the House that will meet the 
Congressional Budget Office requirement to balance the budget within 7 
years. But of the three plans, what the voices from home told me is 
they need to balance the budget while protecting Medicare, education, 
and the environment. The plan the folks at home clearly supported was 
the plan that had the least amount of cuts in the Medicare programs. In 
fact, the folks back home are saying no tax breaks until we balance the 
budget.
  So of those three plans, I hope we will look at those three plans in 
the next few weeks and actually in those three plans, let us look at 
the plan that has the least amount of cuts in Medicare, no cuts in 
education, that will protect our environment and balance the budget in 
7 years. It can be done. That plan does exist.

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