On the recordNovember 18, 2011
We do not need a constitutional amendment. We need a supercommittee congressional agreement now. To the Republicans: do it now. Call President Obama now. Tell him tax breaks for the billionaires, on the table. Tell him defense spending, on the table. Tell him tax breaks for oil companies, on the table. The President says he'll put the social programs on the table. You don't have to go back 200 years to amend the Constitution. You just have to next week, next Wednesday say, We want to do it now. We, who are here, will do it now. We will balance the budget by putting all of our programs on the table. Do it now. Do it now, Republicans. Don't pretend and hide behind a constitutional amendment when you can do it now. You can be the Founding Fathers of a balanced budget in 2011.
