[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 8]
[House]
[Page 11229]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                   NEED FOR BALANCED BUDGET AMENDMENT

  (Ms. FOXX asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Ms. FOXX. Mr. Speaker, if our Nation's debt crisis has taught us 
anything, it is that we need a permanent fiscal solution to keep 
America the permanent land of the free for our children and 
grandchildren. There is only one way to bind Congress to such a 
commitment, and that is a constitutional amendment requiring us to 
balance the budget.
  Ordinary spending cuts and pledges to slash the deficit are no longer 
sufficient. Washington went on a record spending binge in the last 2 
years and left Americans in an economic hangover. New taxes, as some 
propose, would only punish the victim and reward the spenders with more 
money to waste. We need to stop spending money we don't have and begin 
living within our means. The future of our Nation depends on it.
  A Washington promise is always temporary. A constitutional amendment 
is permanent. For the sake of tomorrow's generations, let's get it done 
today.

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