[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 31 (Wednesday, March 12, 1997)]
[House]
[Page H895]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




 NINE DAYS REMAIN FOR THE HOUSE TO SUBMIT A PLAN TO BALANCE THE BUDGET

  (Ms. STABENOW asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. STABENOW. Mr. Speaker, I first would like to commend the 
gentleman from Illinois [Mr. LaHood] and the gentleman from Colorado 
[Mr. Skaggs] for what was an outstanding weekend for us to come 
together and to talk as human beings about our differences and about 
the ways in which we can get things done.
  I would hope that the first way that we would show our constituents 
that we were serious about getting things done would be to start by 
balancing the budget. We do not need to have a constitutional amendment 
to balance the budget, as they say, we just need to do it. We need to 
do it in the way our families do, at kitchen tables all across the 
country, making sure their own priorities, protecting the interests of 
their families are at stake, and at the same time making sure that 
their own budgets are balanced.
  The lessons of Hershey are that we need to work together and to get 
something done. We have a limited amount of time, 9 legislative days, 
to present a budget. We need to get serious. We need to get busy and 
show our constituents that we intend to have the political will to 
balance the budget this year.

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