[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 31 (Thursday, February 16, 1995)]
[Senate]
[Page S2777]
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             BALANCED BUDGET AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION

  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senate will resume consideration of House 
Joint Resolution 1, which the clerk will report.
  The bill clerk read as follows:

       A joint resolution (H.J. Res. 1) proposing a balanced 
     budget amendment to the Constitution of the United States.

  The Senate resumed consideration of the joint resolution.
  Ms. MIKULSKI. Mr. President, I rise today to oppose invoking cloture 
on the balance budget amendment. Mr. President, the Senate should not 
rush to finish this measure--we are amending the Constitution of the 
United States and there is still much we do not know. We still do not 
know the impact of the balanced budget amendment on Social Security, 
Medicare, and many other vital programs. I am voting to continue with 
robust and vigorous debate so the American people fully understand the 
ramifications of what we are doing and how it will affect their lives.
  Mr. HATCH. Mr. President, I suggest the absence of a quorum.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will call the roll.
  The bill clerk proceeded to call the roll.
  Mr. HATCH. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the order for 
the quorum call be rescinded.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  

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