[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 16 (Wednesday, February 3, 2010)]
[House]
[Pages H477-H478]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                       WE NEED A BALANCED BUDGET

  (Mr. BUCHANAN asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. BUCHANAN. Mr. Speaker, Congress will raise the debt ceiling $1.9 
trillion to $14.6 trillion this week. The deficit last year, $1.5 
trillion. The budget introduced on Monday is another $1.5 trillion. 
We're over $12 trillion in debt, on our way to $20 trillion.

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The American people are saying, Enough is enough. Families and 
businesses in the last couple of years have had less revenues. They've 
made cuts. In the United States, 49 out of 50 Governors have had to 
balance their budgets. We need a constitutional balanced budget now. I 
would ask the President and congressional leaders to step up. Again, in 
the last 50 years, we've only balanced the budget five times. We need 
real leadership and real courage, and we need it right now. We need to 
make the cuts and get the budget in line.

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