[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 28 (Thursday, March 6, 1997)]
[House]
[Page H771]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                          BALANCING THE BUDGET

  (Mr. EWING asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. EWING. Mr. Speaker, I am concerned about American families and 
American children and health care, and I know that the one way we can 
achieve that is to balance our budget. We will not achieve it if we do 
not balance our budget.
  The President has sent down his budget. It is $69 or $70 billion out 
of balance when we get to the year 2002. In fact, the deficit is going 
to go up $14 billion before it starts to go down. The American people 
are smart. We can tell them we are going to balance the budget, and the 
President can say it; but whether we come back with a plan that raises 
the deficit and then leaves 75 percent of the balancing of the budget 
to be done in the next administration, they know we are blowing smoke 
at them.
  Mr. Speaker, we have got a job to do. The President has a 
responsibility to send a balanced budget down here. We need to get at 
it.

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