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Walter B. Jones: “I found the majority of people are relatively positive about what the new Congress is doing because, as my colleague…”

On the recordSeptember 7, 1995
I found the majority of people are relatively positive about what the new Congress is doing because, as my colleague said, we are following through on our promise to the American people during the campaign, and it is a promise that we kept with the American people starting with the first 100 days in the Contract With America. The majority of comments I heard about the major issues that we are dealing with is first to balance the budget. During my presentation, it always started with what a $4.9 trillion debt does for our children and the fact that a child born in 1995, he or she, if they live to be 75, owes $187,000; that is their tax responsibility just to pay the interest on the debt if we do not balance the budget.
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Walter B. Jones
North Carolina

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Discussing public sentiment on Congress's actions and the importance of balancing the budget.

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