Political Quotes

“I wonder how many Americans really think that the Members of this body will have the gumption to balance the budget 7 years from now. Mr. Speaker, I wonder how many Members of this Chamber think that we are really going to make the hard cuts that are going to be required that are called upon by the budget resolution that we passed earlier this year to balance the budget 7 years from now. I want to talk about the bill that I have just introduced, H.R. 2295, that will help assure that we reach that balanced budget by the year 2002. Mr. Speaker, the vacation is over, it is time for us to do what we were sent here to do, and that is balance the budget. In June we passed a historic piece of budget legislation, House Concurrent Resolution 67. This budget resolution starts us on a glidepath to a balanced budget by the year 2002. If we reach that goal, it will be for the first time since 1969. But there is a problem. This glidepath is a resolution and it is not a binding law signed by the President. That means in effect, it is only a suggestion to future sessions of Congress.”