[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]




 HONEST NUMBERS TO BALANCE THE BUDGET IN 7 YEARS IS THE STARTING POINT

  (Mr. HAYWORTH asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. HAYWORTH. Mr. Speaker, once again, I listened with interest to 
the remarks of my friend from Texas, and what a pity it is, ladies and 
gentlemen, that the minority is reduced to this, to chanting a 
seemingly mindless mantra, with no basis in fact, with selective use of 
quotation.
  What this new majority always said is that the starting point was 
looking to find numbers, honest numbers, that begin to balance this 
budget in 7 years. That is the starting point. That is the parameters 
of the debate. But it is not a fait accompli. It is not sending us a 
budget that has all the savings in the last year and continues the 
culture of tax and spend and spend and tax some more.
  What the American people want, Mr. Speaker, is this: A government 
that achieves an honest consensus, that saves not only the seniors of 
this generation, but generations yet unborn; a commonsense budget and 
set of priorities that preserves this great noble experiment in a 
constitutional republic and preserves this American dream. That is the 
task before all of us, conservative and liberal, Republican and 
Democrat.

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