Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, since the 1980's the Democrats in Congress have argued that fiscal discipline, not a constitutional amendment, is needed to balance the budget, but absent a constitutional amendment, Congress has refused to make any progress in balancing the budget. In fact, it has resisted serious efforts to hold the line on reducing spending. Clearly, a constitutional amendment is needed to force Congress to make the tough decisions it has dodged for years. I know that my friends and neighbors in Pennsylvania and in fact all across America feel that same way. Forty years of deficit spending have got us in that trouble. Like the gentlewoman from Idaho said, over $4.7 trillion, and in real dollars that we can relate to, that is $18,300 for every man, woman and child in America. You say, 'How do we solve this problem?' We solve it by adopting tomorrow, and I hope that everyone will call their Congressman and talk to him about it, or their Congresswoman, and talk about the Barton tax limitation balanced budget amendment. That has teeth, that is the centerpiece of the Contract With America.”