On the recordJanuary 23, 1995
Last week a Member of the President's Cabinet declared that balancing the budget was not the goal of the Clinton administration. So what is the administration's goal, if it is not a balanced budget? Is it to continue mortgaging our children's future? Is it to continue financing a Government that is too big and too intrusive into our lives? Mr. Speaker, my constituents sent me to Washington with a clear message: Balance the budget, reduce the size and scope of this place. So those have become my goals, and I found the best way to accomplish these goals is to pass a balanced budget amendment. So, Mr. Speaker, when the time comes this week, I hope all my colleagues will vote for the people's goals of a balanced budget amendment and return some common sense back to the people's House.
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