[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 20 (Tuesday, March 1, 1994)]
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[Congressional Record: March 1, 1994]
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                     THE BALANCED BUDGET AMENDMENT

  (Mr. HORN asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. HORN. Mr. Speaker, the die is cast. The date is set. The time has 
come to vote on the balanced budget amendment in the House. It is going 
to be on the calendar. Thanks to a successful discharge petition, Mr. 
Speaker, we will have a vote on this amendment in the second week of 
March. The time to restore fiscal sanity is at hand.
  Let us all hope that this vote means something. Let us hope that the 
other body acts responsibly and passes the balanced budget amendment 
that it is now debating.
  Why do we need a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution? 
Because the majority in the Congress has not had the political courage 
and the will to balance the budget on its own.
  It does not have the will to spend less money, and it will not take 
the steps necessary to fight our deficit.
  Mr. Speaker, the time is coming to vote on the balanced budget 
amendment to the Constitution. We need to send this amendment to the 
States for ratification, and we need to do it this month.

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