[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 18 (Tuesday, February 3, 2015)]
[House]
[Page H712]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                       BALANCED BUDGET AMENDMENT

  (Mr. TROTT asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. TROTT. Mr. Speaker, the President presented his budget yesterday, 
and I am disappointed to say that it is just more of the same tax-and-
spend policies that we have seen over the past 6 years--$4 trillion of 
spending, $2 trillion in new taxes, and more deficits for the next 10 
years.
  I have only been in Washington for a month, but the prevailing 
message from the President seems to be that politicians know better 
than the people, that Big Government is the solution, and that huge 
deficits are just part of life. This experiment has failed and has hurt 
the hardworking taxpayers in my district, who built our economy. Since 
2009, the debt has grown from $10 trillion to $18 trillion. The new 
budget has the debt at $26 trillion in 10 years, and interest payments 
alone on our national debt will quadruple in the next 10 years.
  Now more than ever we need a balanced budget amendment to our 
Constitution. It is a simple concept: force the Federal Government to 
live within its means. Families do it; businesses do it; cities, 
counties, and States are doing it. I urge my colleagues to join me as 
cosponsors of House Joint Resolutions 1 and 2.

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