[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 9]
[House]
[Page 12678]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                       BALANCED BUDGET AMENDMENT

  (Mr. SCALISE asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. SCALISE. Mr. Speaker, as we are dealing with this debate over the 
debt limit, I think one thing that's become clear as people have 
followed over the last few weeks is that Washington has a spending 
problem. And regardless of the resolution of today's action in the 
House and Senate, I hope nobody thinks that this is the end of this 
debate. Frankly, this is just the beginning of the debate to finally 
cut spending in Washington and put real controls in place.
  I think as we look over the next few months, we need to continue to 
push for a balanced budget amendment to our Constitution because 
ultimately that's the kind of accountability that we need to ensure 
that we change the culture of spending in Washington. Clearly, tax cuts 
will not solve this problem, that will only make matters worse; but if 
the problem is spending, why would you want to send even more money up 
to Washington to let them spend even more?
  We've got to control spending; we've got to start making cuts today; 
but we ultimately need that accountability that comes with a balanced 
budget amendment.

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