[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 3]
[House]
[Page 3774]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                          BALANCING THE BUDGET

  (Mr. PERRY asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. PERRY. Mr. Speaker, this week Senate Democrats introduced a 
budget that will never balance--ever. But it does raise taxes by $1 
trillion, so that will be helpful to working families.
  The good news is next week we will have an opportunity to consider 
the House budget proposal, which properly addresses the spending 
problem and makes commonsense reforms in order to pay down our debt.
  Keeping with the committee's theme of balancing the budget within 10 
years, I've introduced my own balanced budget amendment, House Joint 
Resolution 36, which also balances within 10 years.
  We don't want to balance the budget on the backs of taxpayers. That's 
why we require a three-fifths majority to raise revenue and the debt 
limit. It also requires agencies and departments to justify their 
funding.
  We are living in modern times, so it is allowed to be waived during 
times of war, during military conflict, or during natural disasters. 
Forty-nine States, including Pennsylvania where I live, do this. Single 
moms, families, cops on the beat, working folks do it, and Washington 
should do it too.

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