[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 63 (Wednesday, May 14, 1997)]
[House]
[Page H2597]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                             ON THE BUDGET

  (Mr. FRELINGHUYSEN asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute.)
  Mr. FRELINGHUYSEN. Mr. Speaker, New Jersey is moving forward again. 
As a former chairman of New Jersey's Assembly Appropriations Committee, 
I was one of those chiefly responsible for passing Gov. Christie Todd 
Whitman's economic plan in 1993.
  Let me tell my colleagues, we heard a lot of doomsday predictions 
back then. So I know that it is sometimes tough to be bold. But we 
passed tax cuts. We passed spending reductions and we passed a balanced 
budget. And New Jersey is stronger today because of those victories. We 
have seen more jobs, a growing economy, and a better quality of life in 
our State.
  Mr. Speaker, it is time to be bold for the American people. We can do 
that by passing our own balanced budget plan. Our historic agreement 
invests in education, the environment and protects important priorities 
like Social Security and Medicare.
  Better yet, it cuts taxes, creates jobs and will keep our economy 
growing for the future. But best of all, our budget builds a stronger 
America for our children by actually balancing the budget once and for 
all.
  Mr. Speaker, we owe it to our children to be bold once again.

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