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“PRESIDENT IS FAILING TO HONOR COMMITMENT MADE ON NOVEMBER 20, 1995” mentioning the U.S. Dept. of Energy was published in the House of Representatives section on pages H15100 on Dec. 19, 1995.
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PRESIDENT IS FAILING TO HONOR COMMITMENT MADE ON NOVEMBER 20, 1995
(Mr. TIAHRT asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
Mr. TIAHRT. Mr. Speaker, yesterday Congress voted to overwhelmingly support the agreement that President Clinton signed into law on November 20, 1995, stating that Congress and the President shall enact a 7-year, CBO-scored balanced budget. The vote proved that the President is failing to honor his commitments and his word.
Today should also be very interesting. Later, Congress will debate and vote on the President's fourth budget. Just like the first three, it fails to balance. And just like the other budget, it fails to address issues like the solvency of Medicare or reprimands to agencies like the Department of Energy, where Secretary O'Leary is spending millions of dollars on overseas travel where she has no responsibility.
President Clinton is long on spending, short on ideas. He is unable to present a balanced budget and he is unable to be honest about the details about the budget that is before him, just as he is dishonest about the details of Bosnia.
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