On the recordMarch 6, 1996
Not only, this is particularly with respect to the current debate and the impasse between the administration and the Congress, and clearly, as the gentleman from Michigan pointed out, the President has vetoed welfare reform. He has vetoed a balanced budget. He has vetoed literally every significant initiative that we are trying to bring to the table to deal with this crisis, and the easiest thing in the world for us to do would be to pretend the crisis does not exist, to just cook up some, come to some agreement even though philosophically we are miles apart on some issues, we come to some common ground, and we have editorial writers across the country hailing our bipartisanship, the television crews showing up and just we are all standing there smiling at each other and patting each other on the back. But the bottom line is, when we leave here, our kids are paying the bill. I am not willing to do that.
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