J.C. Watts: “as a father I am concerned about not only my children but about the health and well-being of all children in this…”

“as a father I am concerned about not only my children but about the health and well-being of all children in this country. That is why I support a balanced budget amendment and a real balanced budget. But Mr. Clinton has determined that we will have neither. The Clinton administration work feverishly to defeat the BBA, and the balanced budget they submitted earlier this year falls short of balancing the budget by $69 billion. Mr. Speaker, our children deserve better. They deserve a future that is bright and free of the debt that this Government keeps piling on them year after year. We literally take money out of the back pockets of our children when we do not balance the budget. The last time America had a balanced budget was 1969. Since then we have accumulated over $5.3 trillion in national debt. It is a shame that the White House would block the only way to ensure our children will not have to face an 80- to 90-percent tax rate when they grow up to become taxpayers. Mr. Speaker, we need to balance the budget, we need a balanced budget amendment.”