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NAN A. S. HAYWORTH: I watched with interest the befuddled stage business just preceding me in the well of this House, and as my good friend…

On the recordJanuary 3, 1996
I watched with interest the befuddled stage business just preceding me in the well of this House, and as my good friend from Florida was flummoxed trying to make an argument for fiscal conservatism, it bears out the point that for the last 40 years, those proponents of tax-and-spend and spend-some-more will do anything to change the subject. Mr. Speaker, the mission is clear: Balance the budget in 7 years using the honest, nonpartisan numbers of the Congressional Budget Office. Sure, the liberals will try to change the subject. Sure, they will try to act as if they are born-again fiscal conservatives, but just as that flummoxed piece of stage crap indicates, it will not wash.
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NAN A. S. HAYWORTH
New York

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Addressing fiscal conservatism and budget balancing during a House floor debate.

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