[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 12]
[House]
[Page 17701]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                       BALANCED BUDGET AMENDMENT

  (Mr. SAM JOHNSON of Texas asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. SAM JOHNSON of Texas. You know, this month the national debt will 
reach the unprecedented level of $15 trillion. That's nearly $48,000 
per American.
  Under President Obama, the national debt's increased faster than any 
other U.S. President in history. Now more than ever, it's time to get 
our Nation's fiscal house in order to prevent another big, fat Greek 
catastrophe.
  The American people have made it abundantly clear that Congress 
should balance the Federal budget just like families and business 
owners across the country have to do every single day. A balanced 
budget amendment is the solution we need to break Washington's reckless 
spending habit.
  I implore the President and my colleagues in the Senate to join the 
House in passing the balanced budget amendment and send it to the 
States. We can't endure this any longer, and we need to fix it. 
Americans want, need, and deserve to know we're going to live within 
our means just as they all live within their means.

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