Kay Bailey Hutchison: “we have seen the debate this week in the Senate on the balanced budget amendment. I am very pleased that the House of…”

“we have seen the debate this week in the Senate on the balanced budget amendment. I am very pleased that the House of Representatives has taken this step already, and now it is up to the Senate to decide if Americans finally will have the opportunity for their legislatures to vote to adopt a very important amendment to our Constitution. It is an amendment that will make the difference for our future generations because it will say to our future generations we are not going to rack up the bill and give you the opportunity to pay for what we are doing today. That is what this balanced budget amendment is all about. Mr. President, we have heard all kinds of reasons why people are now saying that they might not support the balanced budget amendment. But I hope the American people realize that these are in fact excuses. This is a solid, plain, simple, understandable balanced budget amendment. Maybe I would have changed a few words. Maybe others would change a few words and make exceptions. But we cannot make exceptions if we are going to take the responsible approach of saying we are going to set parameters on the amount of spending that we can do in this country. Every business in America does that. Every household in America does that. Every State government and every local government does that in America. Why, Mr. President, should Congress be the one entity in America that does not have to live within a budget?”