[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 137 (Tuesday, September 27, 1994)]
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[Congressional Record: September 27, 1994]
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                       BALANCED BUDGET AMENDMENT

  (Mr. SMITH of Texas asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. SMITH of Texas. Mr. Speaker, we are telling the American people. 
This is not just another politician's promise, but a written guarantee 
as to what we will do if we run things after November.
  At the top of our contract is a balanced budget amendment. It not 
only requires the President's submission and the Congress' passage of a 
balanced budget. It also requires spending cuts be the first place we 
look for savings--instead of the last place, as has been the case for 
too long.
  We will put our sights on spending by requiring a three-fifths vote 
to raise taxes and a line item veto to stop the unnecessary spending.
  The contract and the balanced budget amendment could not be a bigger 
break with the past.
  Instead of another made-to-be-broken promise, America gets a 
contract-to-be-kept, that we will bring these proposals to the floor, 
not keep them from the American people.
  Instead of more spending and more excuses, the American people will 
get less spending and more results.

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