Rand Paul: “And I think what is interesting, if you look at this and you really look at polling data and say: Who is for the…”

“And I think what is interesting, if you look at this and you really look at polling data and say: Who is for the balanced budget amendment, it goes across all party lines. If you look at Independents, Democrats, if you look at Republicans, it is in the high sixties to the midseventies in the percentage of the public who would like to see this. And I think it goes hand in hand that they don't think we are doing a good enough job here and that we need more backbone, and the Constitution is supposed to be our backbone. The Constitution helps us to do a good job, to help restrain the size and growth of government. I can't see an argument against this, and I really don't understand how a vast majority of the public can be for this and yet this body still refuses to act.”