[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 1 (Tuesday, January 27, 1998)]
[House]
[Page H23]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                           STATE OF THE UNION

  (Mr. McGOVERN asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, I rise today as a proud American and a 
very proud Democrat. Tonight, 2 years ahead of schedule, the President 
of the United States will present to the American people its first 
balanced budget in 3 decades.
  For many Americans listening to President Clinton's State of the 
Union message, this will be the first moment in their lifetime to 
witness the President of the United States present his vision for the 
future in the context of a balanced budget. They will know for the 
first time in their lifetime that our Nation's strong economy, built 
upon sound fiscal policy, will be able to secure their future.
  They will hear a vision committed to excellence in education, to 
quality health care for all Americans, to safe, high-quality care for 
our youngest children; and, most of all, they will hear from a 
President committed to ensuring that potential budget surpluses 
safeguard Social Security and Medicare for future generations.
  Education, child care, health care, security in our senior years, all 
in the context of a balanced budget. Mr. Speaker, as a Democrat, I am 
proud of these achievements that provide opportunity and security for 
all working families.

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