[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 6 (Wednesday, January 11, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H184]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                          WE MUST TAKE ACTION

  (Mr. EVERETT asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. EVERETT. Mr. Speaker, recent polls indicate that some 80 percent 
of the American people favor the balanced budget amendment. The people 
have sent their message to the people's House. Now it is time for the 
people's House to respond.
  My colleagues, if we are sincere in our desire to get big government 
off the back of middle income Americans, then we should vote yes on a 
balanced budget amendment.
  The balanced budget amendment is designed to produce results. It 
forces us to take action. It forces us to be responsible with the 
taxpayers' dollars. It forces us to do what this House has not done in 
30 years.
  Mr. Speaker, the time for stalling is past. Nearly $5 trillion of 
debt placed upon our children and grandchildren demands a response. We 
must take action now. We must pass the balanced budget amendment.

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