    [Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: William J. Clinton (1996, Book I)]
    [January 6, 1996]
    [Page 16]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office www.gpo.gov]

    Message to the Congress Transmitting Balanced Budget Legislation
    January 6, 1996

    To the Congress of the United States:
        I hereby submit to the Congress a plan to achieve a balanced budget
    not later than the fiscal year 2002 as certified by the Congressional
    Budget Office on January 6, 1996. This plan has been prepared by Senator
    Daschle and if passed in its current form by the Congress, I would sign
    it into law.

                                                          William J. Clinton

    The White House,

    January 6, 1996.