Political Quotes

“I have become convinced that in order to avoid the havoc that we face as we deal with this budgetary dilemma facing the country, we need to place a guarantee in the Constitution that there can never be such a period of irresponsibility when it comes to spending in this country as we saw in the 1980's, so that future generations will not have the dilemma that we face today. Therefore, Mr. Chairman, I approach this debate differently than I might have in the past. For me it is not a matter of whether or not there should be a balanced budget amendment. I believe recent history in this Chamber shows that indeed, we must have a balanced budget amendment. The debate at this point is how do we best accomplish this objective, what is the most appropriate balanced budget requirement that we can place in the Constitution of this country.”