[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 110 (Wednesday, July 30, 1997)]
[House]
[Page H6302]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




           BALANCING THE BUDGET, THE FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS

  (Mr. HAYWORTH asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. HAYWORTH. Mr. Speaker, having heard the comments of my colleague 
from the Virgin Islands, and indeed the comments of several of my 
liberal colleagues this morning, it is small wonder that the American 
people say, will we ever stop the partisan bickering and go to work on 
behalf of the American people?
  Are there concerns we should all have with campaign finance laws? 
Absolutely. But paramount today is the subject of financing for the 
family and making sure that American families hang onto more of their 
own money and send less of it to Washington.
  And, Mr. Speaker, this day and its significance should not be lost on 
the American people, as we pass the first balanced budget in a 
generation, as we save Medicare for the next decade and make 
preparations to deal with those serious questions, and as we offer tax 
relief in a tax cut for working families and providing tax relief at 
every stage of life for Americans for the first time in 16 years.
  Try as they might, the professional politicians want to change the 
subject, but the American people know that balancing the budget and 
putting our family finances in order is the proper first order of 
business.

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