[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 108 (Monday, July 28, 1997)]
[House]
[Page H5831]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         FOUR YEARS' DIFFERENCE

  (Mr. GUTKNECHT asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. GUTKNECHT. Mr. Speaker, what a difference 4 years can make. Four 
years ago, with the other team in charge, they were about to vote on 
the largest tax increase in American history, while the other problems 
of welfare and Medicare reform were being ignored. The Congressional 
Budget Office was projecting $200 billion deficits as far as the eye 
could see. As we speak, negotiators are putting the finishing touches 
on a plan that will guarantee the first balanced budget in a generation 
and the first tax relief for working families in more than 16 years.
  We have reformed welfare, and 1.3 million families are on payrolls 
rather than on the welfare rolls. Medicare is being saved. Mr. Speaker, 
what a difference 4 years have made.

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