[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 7 (Wednesday, February 2, 2000)]
[House]
[Page H168]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                    GOOD POLICY MAKES GOOD POLITICS

  (Mr. KIND asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. KIND. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to congratulate the winners in 
the New Hampshire primary yesterday: Vice President Al Gore and Senator 
John McCain. Let us be truthful, there are consistencies in their 
message that the voters are obviously responding to, one of which is 
the need to clean up the campaign finance mess that exists here in 
Washington, D.C. The other is their fiscally responsible message that I 
believe both of these individuals are delivering to sustain economic 
growth.
  Mr. Speaker, it is a message that says before we get carried away 
with these projected budget surpluses, we still have existing 
obligations that we need to take care of. Obligations such as shoring 
up Social Security, Medicare, paying down the $5.7 trillion national 
debt, before we embark on large new tax cuts or large new spending 
programs.
  In short, good policy is making good politics in these campaigns. 
Perhaps it would be wise for us Members in this chamber to wake up and 
realize what the American people are responding to and embracing, and 
work in a bipartisan fashion to address these very crucial issues 
before we embark on irresponsible fiscal policy in the coming year.

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