[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 6 (Wednesday, January 11, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H187]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                      BALANCED BUDGET AMENDMENT II

  (Mrs. SEASTRAND asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Mrs. SEASTRAND. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to support a balanced 
budget amendment. We have not balanced this country's budget since way 
before the birth of my son Kurt. Mr. Speaker, Kurt is 25 years old.
  As we have heard here on the floor this week, the vast majority of 
States have balanced budget requirements. Our families balance their 
budgets, our businesses balance their books, and if many of our States 
must balance their budgets then there is no reason we cannot balance 
the books in Washington, DC.
  What we have heard here from the other side of the aisle this week is 
an argument against the balanced budget amendment. What we have heard 
is an argument against balancing the budget. I think our country is too 
important, our children's future too precious and the next generation 
too vital to allow the burden of Federal debt to continue to pile up.
  Mr. Speaker, I urge my colleagues to join me and support the balanced 
budget amendment and once again gain control of runaway Federal 
spending.


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