[Journal of the House of Representatives, 1993]
[Thursday, February 18, 1993 (13), Para 13.14 Message from the President--a Vision of Change for America]
[Pages 128-129]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

Para. 13.14  message from the president--a vision of change for america

  The SPEAKER pro tempore, Mr. WYNN, laid before the House a message 
from the President, which was read as follows:
To the Congress of the United States:

  To accompany my address to the Joint Session of the Congress, I am 
submitting this report, entitled A Vision of Change for America. This 
report describes the comprehensive economic plan I am proposing for the 
Nation.
  I am asking you to join with the American people in their call for 
change. My vision is one of fundamental change--to invest in people, to 
reward hard work and restore fairness, and to recognize our families and 
communities as the cornerstones of America's strength.
  For more than a decade, our government has been caught in the grip of 
the failed policy of trickle-down economics. While the rich get richer, 
middle-class Americans pay more taxes to their government and get less 
in return. My plan will put an end to government that benefits the 
privileged few and mark the beginning of an economic strategy that puts 
people first.
  My plan has three key elements: economic stimulus to create jobs now 
while laying the foundation for long-term economic growth; long-term 
public investments to increase the productivity of our people and 
businesses; and a serious, fair, and balanced deficit-reduction plan to 
stop the government from draining the private investments that generate 
jobs and increase incomes.
  The change will not be easy, but the cost of not changing is far 
greater. We must ensure that our children's generation is not the first 
to do worse than their parents. We must restore the American dream.
  We have already heard the clamor of the powerful special interests who 
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pose change because they profit from the status quo. But the American 
people have demanded change, and it is our responsibility to answer 
their call. With that in mind, I ask for your help and support to 
restore our economy and give our people hope.
                                                   William J. Clinton.  
                                     The White House, February 17, 1993.

  By unanimous consent, the message, together with the accompanying 
papers, was referred to the Union Calendar and ordered to be printed (H. 
Doc. 103-49).
  And then,