[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 41 (Friday, March 22, 1996)]
[House]
[Page H2669]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                       ADVENTURES IN FANTASYLAND

  (Mr. BALLENGER asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute.)
  Mr. BALLENGER. Mr. Speaker, recently Bill Clinton submitted the 
details of his fiscal year 1997 budget. I think it is safe to call this 
new budget adventures in fantasyland.
  The adventure begins with the illusion of serious Medicare reform. 
Not real Medicare reform, mind you, just empty rhetoric and fake 
concern. Then, we'll proceed to fictitious welfare reform where all we 
get are vetoes and a lot of hot air.
  After that, we'll travel to the tax cut mirage where tax relief seems 
almost within grasp, then disappears the closer we get.
  Mr. Speaker, the American people now the drill by now. They have a 
President unwilling to keep his promises, one who hides behind politics 
to avoid making the tough choices.
  This new budget is not a serious attempt to end big government. 
Really, it is just an image, a fantasy, another broken promise.

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