[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 8 (Tuesday, January 23, 1996)]
[House]
[Page H747]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                       THE 7-YEAR BALANCED BUDGET

  (Mr. GENE GREEN of Texas asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. GENE GREEN of Texas. Mr. Speaker, welcome back. I am glad to 
welcome our folks back to the kinder and gentler Congress after that 
first 1-minute.
  Mr. Speaker, if you think you remember hearing congressional 
Republicans saying all they wanted was a CBO-scored 7-year balanced 
budget, your memory is not failing you. Here is what they said:
  Our House budget chairman. ``Frankly, we don't ask for a lot. We ask 
for nothing more than a commitment to do this in a 7-year period.''
  Our colleague from Idaho. ``We have no hidden agenda. The only thing 
we are asking for is a 7-year balanced budget using CBO numbers.''
  A colleague from New York. ``All we have asked the President of the 
United States with all his tremendous resources at his hands to do 
likewise, to come up with those numbers reflecting his own priorities 
to balance the budget in 7 years using real numbers. That is all we 
have asked for.''
  Now they want more. They want their balanced budget bill. They want 
to include deep cuts in Medicare needs, education needs, and the 
environment in order to fund a massive tax break, or no bill at all.
  The President sent a 7-year balanced budget 2 weeks ago with CBO 
numbers. But that is not good enough because that is not what their 
priorities are. They want to hurt seniors and hurt education funding.

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