On the recordJanuary 26, 1995
This morning I rise in strong support of the contract version of the balanced budget amendment and that three-fifths vote requirement for tax increases. The Federal budget can and should be balanced through spending cuts and not through tax increases. That was the message of the voters last fall: Cut spending first. That preference for spending cuts even if only effective after the year 2002 should be embodied in the U.S. Constitution. I thank very much my friend from Texas [Mr. Barton] for his leadership on this particular issue. We have worked long and hard on this. I encourage each and every one of my colleagues to support the Barton substitute. My colleagues, let us do this for our children and for our grandchildren. Vote for the Barton amendment.
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