[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 74 (Tuesday, June 3, 1997)]
[House]
[Pages H3218-H3219]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




             A BALANCED BUDGET AGREEMENT THAT IS DIFFERENT

  (Ms. DUNN asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. DUNN. Mr. Speaker, in 1985 a balanced budget deal was agreed to 
amid great fanfare. In 1990 a balanced budget deal was agreed to amid 
similar exuberance. In 1993 a balanced budget deal was agreed to that 
was greeted with more high praise from the liberal media. The budget is 
still not in balance.
  Mr. Speaker, what is it about this balanced budget agreement that is 
different? First, under a Republican Congress, the economic assumptions 
are

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conservative and realistic. Second, this budget includes the strongest 
step in entitlement reform since our welfare reform proposals of last 
year. Third, the resolve of the Republican Congress to balance the 
budget is the strongest this country has seen since 1954.
  Conservative economic assumptions, entitlement reforms, and 
Republican resolve, those are the keys to this balanced budget 
agreement. That, Mr. Speaker, separates this budget agreement from the 
failed promises of previous balanced budget deals.

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