[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 34 (Wednesday, March 13, 1996)]
[House]
[Page H2126]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                THE PRESIDENT SHOULD BALANCE THE BUDGET

  (Mrs. KELLY asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Mrs. KELLY. Mr. Speaker, you can lead a horse to water, but you can't 
make him drink. We have led the President to at least agree to the 
principle of balancing the budget, but he just won't take the next step 
and do it.
  No matter how hard we try to make the President understand the 
importance of a balanced budget, for our future and for the future of 
our children and grandchildren, he fights us at every turn.
  As a new Member of the House of Representatives, I came here to get a 
job done.
  The American people sent us here to put a stop to the reckless 
spending practices that have saddled us all with a mountain of debt.
  But the Clinton administration fights us at every turn. Somehow, 
President Clinton wants us to believe that in a budget of about a 
trillion and a half dollars, we're still not spending enough.
  Mr. Speaker, the American people are listening; they have a Congress 
committed to a balanced budget and a President that isn't, despite his 
rhetoric to the contrary. If we cannot convince him to do what's right, 
perhaps the American people will.

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