Orrin Hatch: “One last thing. And that is that I have heard these arguments before. I heard President Clinton on the news the other…”

“One last thing. And that is that I have heard these arguments before. I heard President Clinton on the news the other day say as he was walking outside the White House, ``Let's just balance it.'' I have heard that for the whole 20 years I have been here: ``Let's just balance it.'' Both sides have said that over the years. I think both sides have flaws here. I think both sides have spent too much, both sides have taxed too much, both sides have not done what should be done. That is why we need a balanced budget amendment, because then the game is over. The Federal Government is going to have to live within its means or vote with a high consensus to not live within them, but at least that vote will be done on the record, in front of the American people, rather than the phony way things are done today when people just stand up here and say, ``Let's just balance it.'' I have to laugh. That is the biggest joke in our history. We have 60 years of not balancing it very often, and 27 years in a row of not balancing it at all. That is what bothers me. That is why Senator Simon and I and others have fought so hard to try to get this amendment passed, so that the game will be over for both sides. I would also use a Yiddish expression, and that is chutzpah. It takes chutzpah to continue to just spend and tax the American people and to sell out the future of our children. And frankly, that is what is going on here. I am willing to blame both sides.…”