[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 80 (Tuesday, June 4, 1996)]
[House]
[Page H5765]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                           STAND FOR CHILDREN

  (Mr. BOEHNER asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. BOEHNER. Mr. Speaker, my colleagues, this weekend in Washington, 
there was a march. It was entitled ``Stand for Children.'' And I could 
not agree more that we should put politics aside and give our children 
a better nation than what we had inherited. If the President this year 
is willing to act and not just talk, I think that we can do this.
  In my hand is the world's most expensive credit card. It is a credit 
card that has accumulated 5 trillion dollars' worth of debt and 
accumulating budget deficits of $150 to $200 billion a year. This a 
voting card for a Member of Congress. This is the most unconscionable 
thing that any government could do to its children, because the adults 
in our country will not pay this. It will be our children and theirs 
who get to pay off this massive debt.
  Mr. Speaker, we can pass legislation this year that will balance the 
budget while at the same time providing $500 more for parents with 
dependent children at home, lowering the average cost of a college loan 
by $2,100, saving families over $100 a month on their mortgage, and 
will provide real opportunities for children when they get out of 
school and look for jobs. All we have to do is balance the budget.
  If the President really does feel the pain of kids today, he should 
put politics aside and begin to act.

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