[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 28 (Thursday, March 6, 1997)]
[House]
[Page H771]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                           A BALANCED BUDGET

  (Mr. WATTS of Oklahoma asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. WATTS of Oklahoma. Mr. Speaker, as a father I am concerned about 
not only my children but about the health and well-being of all 
children in this country. That is why I support a balanced budget 
amendment and a real balanced budget. But Mr. Clinton has determined 
that we will have neither.
  The Clinton administration work feverishly to defeat the BBA, and the 
balanced budget they submitted earlier this year falls short of 
balancing the budget by $69 billion.
  Mr. Speaker, our children deserve better. They deserve a future that 
is bright and free of the debt that this Government keeps piling on 
them year after year. We literally take money out of the back pockets 
of our children when we do not balance the budget.
  The last time America had a balanced budget was 1969. Since then we 
have accumulated over $5.3 trillion in national debt. It is a shame 
that the White House would block the only way to ensure our children 
will not have to face an 80- to 90-percent tax rate when they grow up 
to become taxpayers.
  Mr. Speaker, we need to balance the budget, we need a balanced budget 
amendment.

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