[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 25 (Wednesday, March 11, 1998)]
[House]
[Page H1026]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




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                     THREE STRIKES AND YOU ARE OUT

  (Mr. KINGSTON asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. KINGSTON. Mr. Speaker, we need a three-strikes-and-you-are-out 
law in Washington, and we can change this administration real quickly. 
And here is what I mean: Strike number one: 1990, the Congressional 
Bipartisan Budget deal broken by President Clinton; 1993, the President 
sets his own budget deal, broken in 1994 and 1995; now 1997, there was 
yet another deal, and Clinton is out to break it by $56 billion. Three 
strikes; you are out. That should be what we can do to turn the budget 
around and turn around our fiscal picture.
  Our spending right now is $268 billion higher than during the Carter 
administration after you adjust it for inflation. Reagan cut the budget 
by 15 percent, and I am talking about domestic discretionary spending, 
but now it is up 23 percent over that. We are very proud that the 
budget is about to be balanced, but that is no excuse for continuing to 
spend. And that is what is going on.
  Three strikes and you are out. Stick with your word, Mr. President. 
Let us surprise everybody.

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