[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 22 (Wednesday, February 26, 1997)]
[House]
[Page H632]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




             TIME FOR THE BALANCED BUDGET AMENDMENT IS NOW

  (Mr. TAUZIN asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. TAUZIN. Mr. Speaker, it is time for the balanced budget 
amendment. The time is right. It is our responsibility to present it to 
the American public. For too long many of my colleagues have sought to 
protect the pork that has become too heavy a burden for the American 
people to bear.
  The time for scare tactics is over, Mr. Speaker. If opponents of the 
balanced budget amendment really want to protect the American family 
and its future, they need to end this constant pattern of false and 
destructive rhetoric and help us do what is right for the country.
  Mr. Speaker, the arguments our opponents are using are simply wrong 
and they know they are wrong. The balanced budget amendment will not 
force cuts in Social Security. In fact, the balanced budget amendment 
is the only hope to save the program in the long run. Let me say it 
again: No one intends to cut or to touch Social Security. Mr. Speaker, 
funding for the collection and analysis of the striped bass, however, 
may have to get reeled in.
  Mr. Speaker, we must all act responsibly for the good of the American 
people we were sent here to represent.

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