On the recordJuly 19, 2011
I would remind my colleagues that this provision that they're talking about, the constitutional proposal that came out of the Judiciary Committee, would prohibit the Congress from balancing the budget at 13 percent of GDP expenditures. It would say you cannot make that choice. It would also say you have to reach a two- thirds hurdle to reduce the special interest tax breaks for the purpose of deficit reduction. So we keep hearing about this balanced budget amendment without any mention from our colleagues that they've inserted these two devices into the Constitution that would limit our ability to balance the budget in a balanced way. With that, I reserve the balance of my time.
