[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 18 (Wednesday, February 12, 1997)]
[House]
[Pages H457-H458]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                  SUPPORT A BALANCED BUDGET AMENDMENT

  (Mr. TIAHRT asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. TIAHRT. Mr. Speaker, it happens in every household, in every 
business, both large and small, in every school system, in every city 
council, in every county government, in every checking account across 
the Nation, everywhere but here in the Federal Government. This 
Government has not balanced its budget since Neil Armstrong walked on 
the moon. It should be easier to balance the Federal budget than to get 
someone to the moon.
  When we borrow money for all these lofty enterprises for the Federal 
Government, for each dollar that we borrow it takes at least $3 just to 
cover the interest to pay it back. So let us

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vote for a balanced budget amendment. I urge my colleagues to vote for 
it, to put in place the necessary discipline so that we can secure an 
economic future for our children, not one at their expense.

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