06/14/2021
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"Our Federal budget has been balanced just five times in the past 50 years. This practice has resulted in our present $16 trillion-plus debt and it is simply unsustainable."
"I recently introduced the Balanced Budget Accountability Act which would terminate member pay after April 15th if our respective chamber does not pass a budget."
"I believe we need to take this principle even one step further...by tying it to a balanced budget and making the performance for pay standard permanent."
"Our federal budget has been balanced in only five of the past 50 years."