Angie Craig: “Without a fiscally responsible Government that begins to rein in the growth of the Federal debt, already at 5.3 trillion…”

“Without a fiscally responsible Government that begins to rein in the growth of the Federal debt, already at 5.3 trillion dollars, and the ongoing year-after-year multibillion-dollar deficit that we have seen now for decades, the financial future of our country and its citizens is in doubt. There is no question today that the Congress and our President mouth the words of a balanced budget. We even work toward that by the very actions undertaken in writing the annual budgets. To guarantee it, to assure that when it gets to the time of making the tough votes to truly create a balanced budget, can we do it? Will we have the will of the people behind us and the support to accomplish that? I think that, absent a balanced budget amendment, the strength will not be there.”