Porter Goss: “there is more than one credibility gap at the White House these days. The President takes credit for balancing the…”

“there is more than one credibility gap at the White House these days. The President takes credit for balancing the budget and demands that every penny of surplus be set aside for Social Security. But at the same time, he threatens to shut the government down if Congress does not agree to spend at least $14 billion, and probably more, of that surplus on more big government programs that have nothing whatsoever to do with Social Security. Why does this sound so familiar? This document is the President's 1995 budget, the first year of the Republican-controlled Congress. This Clinton plan called for $200 billion deficits as far as the eye could see with no balanced budget in sight. See page 173, if my colleagues do not believe me. Do not be confused or misled by the President's parsing and finger wagging. The fact is that the Republican Congress balanced the budget and now President Clinton plans to shut down the government unless we spend billions more. That is the truth.…”