Andrea Joy Campbell: “I am proud to be part of this special order tonight and proud to be your colleague in this remarkably historic 104th…”

“I am proud to be part of this special order tonight and proud to be your colleague in this remarkably historic 104th Congress. I asked to speak tonight as part of the special order on two issues, one, a bit more general, as to why it is so important to be talking the balanced budget and, then, second, this issue of the continuing resolution. It may well be these points were covered far better by speakers prior to me, in which case you may reclaim the time. So indicate. Let me just take a moment because we correctly have focused upon the hardship to the Federal employees, the hardship to those with contracts with the Federal Government, to those who depend upon the Federal Government at least in part for necessities of life. It is appropriate that we do. But it is even more appropriate to focus upon the hardship to the next generation who are not here to vote, whose money we spend every year, that we deal with a budget that is not balanced. It is really the worst form of democratic misrepresentation where people who do not have the vote are taxed by people who do.”