William C. Baker: “1 year ago the 1st day of the 104th Congress began. In short it was the beginning of the end. It was the beginning of…”

“1 year ago the 1st day of the 104th Congress began. In short it was the beginning of the end. It was the beginning of the end for the Washington business-as-usual crowd, and when the balanced budget is signed into law, the American people will understand why they held the second Boston tea party here in Washington on November 1994. Oh, in the past, yes, our leaders in Washington have always backed down from making tough decisions necessary to lead this country, and they always found a way to protect their spending while adding new taxes and new debt to the American people. As a result we have a $5 trillion debt. We spend $200 billion a year on interest just to keep that debt alive. That is what these folks are really for. Mr. Speaker, the new majority is here to say no. The President said the House Republicans are unwilling to compromise. Well, I want to tell my colleagues I am here to balance the budget, and I believe that we have compromised for 26 years. We have added the spending. We have compromised the business of big Government. We are not going to do it anymore.”