[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 22 (Friday, February 3, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H1162]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                       BALANCED BUDGET AMENDMENT

  (Mr. BASS asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. BASS. Mr. Speaker, as a member of the Budget Committee and as a 
former member of the New Hampshire State senate, I know what it is like 
to balance budgets in good and also in hard times. That is why we 
passed a balanced budget amendment and sent it on to the Senate. That 
is why we passed an unfunded Federal mandate bill despite the dilatory 
tactics of a small minority of Members of this House. And that is why 
we will pass a line-item veto for the President.
  Mr. Speaker, Orange County may be bankrupt, but so is the Federal 
Government, and it is time that we move to complete the third leg of 
the stool of accountability of Congress and to move to give the 
President the line-item veto so that each and every line of our budget 
is subject to justification in this House. So let us get on with it and 
pass the line-item veto on Monday.

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