[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 8 (Tuesday, January 23, 1996)]
[House]
[Page H749]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




            PRESIDENT HAS AGREED TO A 7-YEAR BALANCED BUDGET

  (Mr. PALLONE asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. PALLONE. Mr. Speaker, President Clinton has agreed to a 7-year 
balanced budget using CBO numbers. The problem is that the Republicans 
do not want to protect the priorities that the President thinks are 
important, such as the environment, Medicare, Medicaid, and also 
education. I would like to pay particular attention to the environment.
  The Republicans are saying they want this huge tax cut or tax break, 
yet they want to cut back on environment enforcement. They do not want 
to properly fund the Superfund Program to clean up toxic waste sites. 
In my home State of New Jersey, we have 114 Superfund sites, and a lot 
of those sites are not being cleaned up now and will not be cleaned up 
if the Republicans do not agree to fully fund the Superfund Program, 
which they have not agreed to do so so far.
  The President has stood strong. He agreed on a balanced budget and he 
agreed on the Republican terms, but he wants to protect the environment 
and he wants to make sure the Superfund Program moves forward so that 
in States like New Jersey those toxic waste sites that pose a direct 
threat to the health of many Americans who live nearby, he wants to 
make sure that those sites are cleaned up, and I commend him for it.

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