[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 10 (Thursday, January 25, 1996)]
[House]
[Page H841]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                ``DON'T LET ME HAVE TO TELL YOU TWICE''

  (Ms. NORTON asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. NORTON. Mr. Speaker, my mother always said, ``Do not let me have 
to tell you twice.''
  We heard you, Moody's. We do not need to hear from Standard & Poor's, 
too. We need to respond that we are not the kamikaze Congress. The 
markets actually responded positively all during our tortured balanced 
budget negotiations. There were Dow Jones records broken. The reason, 
of course, is that they expected a balanced budget. A more balanced 
budget compromise would have the same effect, only this time the 
benefits would not be only to the markets, but also to jobs, to renewed 
confidence in our economy, and especially in much needed renewed 
confidence in the Congress of the United States.

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