10/21/1999
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"This budget debate is not about whether we will balance the budget."
"That was the serious and responsible thing to do, and I applauded them for doing it at the time."
"Five full months ago, I proposed an alternative plan to balance the budget in 10 years while protecting Medicare and Medicaid."
"Let us honor their achievements by upholding always the ideals they defended and by guarding always the dreams they fought and died for, for our children and our children's children."