Byron Dorgan: “Many of us, myself included, have voted in the past for a constitutional amendment to balance the budget and are…”

“Many of us, myself included, have voted in the past for a constitutional amendment to balance the budget and are prepared to do so again. I think most people believe that it would be desirable to move this country toward a point when we are spending only the resources we have. There may need to be some exceptions to that. If you run into a depression, you might want to have a stimulative kind of fiscal policy. But generally speaking, we ought to balance what we spend with what we raise. We are nearing $5 trillion in debt. I have a couple of children who will inherit that debt, as will all of America's children. We have a responsibility, it seems to me, to address this question and address it in the right way.”