[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 23 (Thursday, February 27, 1997)]
[House]
[Page H677]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                BALANCED BUDGET AMENDMENT APPEARS DOOMED

  (Ms. DUNN asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. DUNN. Mr. Speaker, by any measure of public opinion the balanced 
budget amendment is one of the most popular political issues in America 
today. But sadly, because some politicians believe that it is perfectly 
acceptable to say one thing at home and do another in Washington, DC, 
we have a situation where the will of the American people will be 
thwarted once again. This is the kind of thing the American people have 
come to loathe about Washington, DC. This is why they threw out the 
last majority in 1994, because they were tired of seeing politicians 
say one thing and do another.
  Mr. Speaker, it is a very sad day today. The balanced budget 
amendment has wide bipartisan support in this body and in the Nation as 
a whole. But as long as the American people keep sending 
Representatives and Senators to Congress who do still believe in honor, 
who do still believe in trust and who do still believe in telling the 
truth, we will eventually have a balanced budget amendment.

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