[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 13 (Monday, January 23, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H486]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                          BALANCING THE BUDGET

  (Mr. WELLER asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. WELLER. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in strong support of the 
balanced budget amendment that this body will soon consider. The 
American taxpayers demand it. It is our duty to pass the balanced 
budget amendment and answer their outcry.
  Mr. Speaker, if we pause and listen carefully, we can hear the giant 
sucking sound of the special interests draining the American people's 
money from Capitol Hill. I say it is time to plug that drain by passing 
the balanced budget amendment.
  No longer should Americans be asked to stand by and watch their tax 
dollars be wasted away. No longer should hard-working citizens be 
forced to hand over their paychecks, only to see them thrown into the 
abyss of big bureaucracy.
  I am proud to support this greatly needed balanced budget amendment 
and urge my colleagues to join me.


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