[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 28 (Thursday, March 6, 1997)]
[House]
[Page H773]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                  BALANCE THE BUDGET FOR OUR CHILDREN

  (Mr. KINGSTON asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. KINGSTON. Mr. Speaker, as a father of four kids, I have Betsy who 
is 13, John who is 11, and I have Ann who is 8 and Jim who is 6, I am 
very, very concerned about their future.
  We are working real hard with them on their homework, teaching them 
math and English and all the good stuff children all over America are 
doing, but one thing that is very scary to me as I put them to bed 
every night is that I know looming out there in the future is this dark 
cloud of the national debt: $5.1 trillion already.
  Now we have a President who says he will support a balanced budget 
amendment, and then he submits a budget that is not even balanced. The 
Clinton budget in the year 2002 has a $69 billion deficit, and all the 
savings there are are on the back end, far after he has left the White 
House.
  Mr. Speaker, I ask the President to please come forward, think about 
not just my kids, think about all the children in America. Let us 
really do something for the youth of America and balance the budget and 
quit spending their money.

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