Steve Womack: “It is that basis on which I think this Congress should rally behind…”

On the recordJuly 29, 2011

It is that basis on which I think this Congress should rally behind the plan that we have offered today that is going to cap spending, that is going to cut spending, and is going to require a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution so that future Congresses can't put us in a similar situation that we are in today. So I would urge a ``yes'' vote. I support it wholeheartedly, and I would ask the American people to join us by promoting fiscal sanity by approving this piece of legislation.

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Steve Womack

Republican · Arkansas

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Jul 29, 2011

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