[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 146 (2000), Part 17]
[House]
[Page 24294]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



                        BALANCED BUDGET SURPLUS

  (Mr. CHABOT asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. CHABOT. Mr. Speaker, for 30 years when Democrats controlled the 
House of Representatives they talked about a balanced budget. But it 
was only talk. The debt continued to rise and we did not have a 
balanced budget.
  For many years they talked about welfare reform. But it never 
happened. For years Democrats talked about middle class tax relief. But 
they raised taxes on everybody in America, not just the middle class, 
but everybody.
  Then, 6 years ago, Republicans took over the House and we finally saw 
a balanced budget, we finally saw welfare reform, even though the 
President vetoed it twice before finally signing it into law and taking 
credit for it. And we have seen welfare rolls come down across country.
  Now that we have a balanced budget, we have a surplus. Republicans 
want to use that surplus to save Social Security and Medicare and give 
prescription drugs to seniors, to pay down the debt, and to cut taxes 
on everybody, especially the middle class.
  That is the right thing to do for America.

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