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Orrin Hatch: “Well, I have to ask the distinguished Senator from West Virginia, if this balanced budget amendment passes, as much as…”

On the recordFebruary 12, 1997
Well, I have to ask the distinguished Senator from West Virginia, if this balanced budget amendment passes, as much as he wishes that it would not, and it is ratified by the States, would the Senator from West Virginia, once it is placed in the Constitution, not do his level best to comply with the constitutional requirement, if the amendment is adopted, to meet these estimates that are in there, as he suggested that I would do my duty under the Constitution? I think what I am saying is this: Both charts that the Senator has put up, show that the current system is not working.
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Orrin Hatch
Republican · Utah
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Discussing the implications of a balanced budget amendment during Senate debate.

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