[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 24 (Tuesday, March 8, 1994)]
[House]
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[Congressional Record: March 8, 1994]
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           VOTE FOR TAX-LIMITATION BALANCED BUDGET AMENDMENT

  (Mr. BAKER of California asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. BAKER of California. Mr. Speaker, the American people have had 
enough of the bottomless pit of debt into which this country as plunged 
itself. They have seen their hard-earned money go to paying taxes, 
taxes which do nothing but pay the interest for Government that we have 
already consumed. They have heard enough rhetoric from both Congress 
and the administration when it comes to the deficit. They have tired of 
a Government that talks loud but says nothing, a Congress that cheers 
when a 1 percent bipartisan cut in spending is killed by 7 votes by the 
liberal majority.
  I urge my colleagues to vote for the tax-limitation balanced budget 
amendment, to show the American people that we really do care about the 
deficit, about their children, about their grandchildren, and that we 
are willing to do something about it.
  Our future is in the balance.

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