[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 81 (Wednesday, June 11, 1997)]
[House]
[Page H3665]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                  BALANCED BUDGET REPRESENTS A NEW ERA

  (Mr. BOB SCHAFFER of Colorado asked and was given permission to 
address the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. BOB SCHAFFER of Colorado. Mr. Speaker, the liberals are nervous.
  The tax-and-spend crowd is outraged.
  The big government supporters of the status quo have declared war.
  And what is all the fuss about?
  The reason for the anxiety is pretty clear. Those who built the 
welfare state over the past 40 years are about to have their credit 
card taken away.
  What I hold in my hand, Mr. Speaker, is my congressional voting card. 
It is given to each Member of Congress. For some it is like a credit 
card. We stick it in the box, we press the button and we spend and 
spend and spend, and my children and your children are given the bill.
  Well, guess what, Mr. Speaker? After 40 years of big government 
liberalism, the frenzy of credit card madness is about to end.
  With nothing to show for it but $5 trillion in debt and thousands of 
broken liberal promises, Washington is about to act responsibly for the 
first time in memory. Washington now has the opportunity to pass a 
balanced budget with tax cuts, an absolute nightmare to those who built 
the welfare state over the last 40 years.
  But their day is past. This balanced budget represents a new era. Mr. 
Speaker, the era of credit card madness is over.

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