Lindsey Graham: “I shall vote for the constitutional amendment to insert into the U.S. Constitution a provision requiring a balanced…”

“I shall vote for the constitutional amendment to insert into the U.S. Constitution a provision requiring a balanced budget as a fundamental principle of our Nation's public policy. It is unfortunate that we have to vote on a constitutional amendment to force us to do something that we ought to do and that most Congresses throughout the history of this proud Republic have done. However, we have reached the point at which I have concluded that a constitutional amendment will be necessary in order to provide to this Congress and to future Congresses the necessary constitutional backbone in order to maintain a policy of a balanced budget.”