[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 17 (Thursday, February 24, 1994)]
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[Congressional Record: February 24, 1994]
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                CONSIDERING A BALANCED-BUDGET AMENDMENT

  (Mr. BARTON of Texas asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. BARTON of Texas. Mr. Speaker, the last time the U.S. Government 
had a balanced budget was in 1969. That is 25 years ago.
  Today, Congressman Charles Stenholm, Congressman Bob Smith, myself, 
and several other Congressmen are filing Discharge Petition 14 which 
would instruct the Rules Committee to report to the floor several 
balanced-budget amendments to the Constitution of the United States. I 
would ask every Member of this body before they leave for the weekend 
to be sure to come up here to the desk and sign Discharge Petition 14.
  Members may differ on what type of a balanced-budget amendment they 
would prefer. The gentleman from Louisiana [Mr. Tauzin] and myself have 
a tax limitation balanced-budget amendment, but whatever Members' 
preference in specific amendments, we should all agree that it is time 
to begin the process to balance the Federal budget.
  Please sign Discharge Petition 14.

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