Political Quotes

“Mr. Chairman, I rise today to support an amendment to the Constitution requiring a balanced budget. This dramatic, historic step is necessary. We cannot continue down the path of never ending, ever increasing debt. The buck must stop here, today, in this chamber, and with this amendment. We all know of national polls that show overwhelming public support for this amendment, but perhaps that only reflects the frustration the American people feel about the inability of this institution to deal with many difficult problems. The fears of the American people are reaffirmed every budget and appropriation cycle. Forty-nine States have balanced budget amendments to their State constitutions, and no one cries calamity in those 49 States. Yet some Members of this body act as if adding one here would bring the end of the world. It is remarkable that the Federal Government has not posted a surplus since 1969. The Federal Government has in fact run a deficit for 56 of the last 64 years.”