Stephen Horn: “the die is cast. The date is set. The time has come to vote on the balanced budget amendment in the House. It is going…”

“the die is cast. The date is set. The time has come to vote on the balanced budget amendment in the House. It is going to be on the calendar. Thanks to a successful discharge petition, Mr. Speaker, we will have a vote on this amendment in the second week of March. The time to restore fiscal sanity is at hand. Let us all hope that this vote means something. Let us hope that the other body acts responsibly and passes the balanced budget amendment that it is now debating. Why do we need a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution? Because the majority in the Congress has not had the political courage and the will to balance the budget on its own. It does not have the will to spend less money, and it will not take the steps necessary to fight our deficit. Mr. Speaker, the time is coming to vote on the balanced budget amendment to the Constitution. We need to send this amendment to the States for ratification, and we need to do it this month.”