Melvin Watt said "We didn't have a balanced budget amendment then. We acted responsibly, and not with a single vote from the people who are here lecturing us today and saying they need a balanced budget to stand behind. That's like standing behind my mother's skirt. Grow up. Make responsible decisions. Quit going into wars that we can't afford to pay for and not paying for them. Make some responsible decisions, and you won't need this skirt to stand behind. We don't need this. It's irrational. The American people know it's irrational because they know that balancing a budget is a function of income and expenditures." @ PoliticalQuotes.com

On the recordNovember 18, 2011

We didn't have a balanced budget amendment then. We acted responsibly, and not with a single vote from the people who are here lecturing us today and saying they need a balanced budget to stand behind. That's like standing behind my mother's skirt. Grow up. Make responsible decisions. Quit going into wars that we can't afford to pay for and not paying for them. Make some responsible decisions, and you won't need this skirt to stand behind. We don't need this. It's irrational. The American people know it's irrational because they know that balancing a budget is a function of income and expenditures.

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Melvin Watt

North Carolina

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