Political Quotes

“Mr. Chairman, I come before you today behalf of the people of my district to support a balanced budget amendment with three-fifths supermajority tax increase provisions because, Mr. Chairman, most every one of them is demanding relief: Relief from a Congress that has strapped each and every one of them with a debt of over $4.5 trillion. Relief from a Congress that has taken away from many of them the incentive to save and invest as a result of burdensome and stiff taxes. And relief from a Congress that has created more than ever a sense of distrust of this institution. A balanced budget amendment with three-fifths majority tax provisions will give them this relief, Mr. Chairman. We have before us the opportunity to restore the trust in this institution, the opportunity to bring about an economic climate that will encourage savings and investment, and an opportunity to begin addressing the problem of our ever-increasing debt by slowing spending.”