George H.W. Bush: “I really appreciate everybody coming down. And we've got several key issues, but one that I am most interested in…”

“I really appreciate everybody coming down. And we've got several key issues, but one that I am most interested in getting through is this balanced budget amendment. I think it is critical, and I think it's an idea whose time has come. It's an idea that the American people strongly support. One of the things I want to follow up on with you all now is how we do that. I know we've got problems in the Senate that are different than the House, but we've got to get it done for the American people. I'm very pleased with the way our troops are moving out on it, but that's one of the things on my mind for this meeting. So let's pass a balanced budget amendment; discipline the Congress as well as the executive branch and everything else. We've got to get it done.”