[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 10 (Thursday, January 30, 1997)]
[Senate]
[Page S848]
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           THE BALANCED BUDGET AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION

  Mr. HATCH. Mr. President, I was pleased that the Senate Judiciary 
Committee reported out today, I think a little bit before 2 o'clock, 
the balanced budget constitutional amendment 13 to 5.
  I want to personally express my appreciation to everybody on that 
committee for the cooperation that we had and for the effective debate 
that we had in getting that amendment out today. This will enable us to 
bring it up next week, if the leader so chooses. And I believe he does 
wish to bring the balanced budget amendment up next Wednesday. We will 
have the report filed by Monday. It is being circulated this afternoon. 
The minority will have 3 days to complete their remarks, or their 
position on the report, and then hopefully we will be in this battle 
next Wednesday. And I hope that we can have as much cooperation during 
the battle on the floor as we did in committee.
  It is a tough issue, and there are people on all sides of it. We do 
have to fight it out the best we can here on the floor.

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