[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 146 (2000), Part 13]
[House]
[Page 18008]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



                        CALL TO PAY OFF OUR DEBT

  (Mr. GIBBONS asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. GIBBONS. Mr. Speaker, a call to action has been given. The 
Clinton-Gore administration has been called upon to join this 
Republican Congress in protecting the future of the younger generations 
of Americans.
  The Republican leadership has called upon the President to make a 
real commitment by joining our effort to use up to 90 percent of the 
surplus to pay off the national debt.
  Yet, what has been the President's response to this call to action? 
Well, so far it has been ambivalence. He has said, well, that depends 
on ``what the various spending commitments are.''
  Well, Mr. President, that simply is not good enough. It is time to 
stop wasteful Washington spending and pay off our national debt.
  This fiscally responsible Republican Congress is protecting the 
Social Security and Medicare Trust Funds; and now it is time to pay off 
the public debt so that our children will not be burdened by it in the 
future.
  Mr. Speaker, I call upon the administration to join with us and my 
colleagues on this fair, middle ground to pay off our national debt and 
to protect the future of our Nation and of our children.

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