Orrin Hatch

Let me conclude with just one more sentence to answer the Senator's question. The fact is we have never been able to do it up to now, and there is no way that we should hold the amendment hostage, assuming we pass it by a two-thirds vote…

I would like to echo the distinguished majority leader's sentiments with regard to President Reagan and the dramatic impact he made on this town. Both the majority leader and President Reagan worked very closely together, hand in hand, and…

Through the years, we have had a variety of plans proposed that would bring us to a balanced budget--Zero Deficit Plan, Concord Coalition, Senate Budget Committee Plan, Economic and Budget Outlook for Fiscal Years--a lot of others. You…

That is a good question, and I think one deserving of an answer. First of all, you will never get all the economists to say the Government has to help us solve the employment problem or that make- work jobs are going to get us there.

There would be no impoundment authority under this balanced budget amendment. Under Senate Joint Resolution 1, or House Joint Resolution 1, there is nothing in either amendment, either the House or the Senate version--and they are both…

Well, every President has a duty to do his best or her best, to try to bring our fiscal house into order. But for the last 26 years no President has been able to really submit a balanced budget to the Congress. They may have once or twice.

I do not want to see the Social Security trust fund compromised in any way. I believe everybody on this side will help her. But if her point of view becomes the law, then come the year 2028, 2029, 2030, we are going to be in a tremendous…

Not really. They are unlikely to change. In the case of Reynolds versus Sims, most people believe the Court made the right decision there. I do not know of any constitutional scholar--there may be some--but I do not know of any major…

Let me just finish, if I can. The Senator seems to be making an argument that there is a mere possibility. I suspect we have to agree, there may be a mere possibility argument here.

Maybe Justice Scalia will not but the other Justices will. And I think even Justice Scalia will because he will consider the law as it exists. Because, you know, the courts can only enforce constitutional amendments--really only where…

We in our report make it very clear. We say: The committee believes that S. J. Res. 1 strikes the right balance in terms of judicial review. By remaining silent about judicial review in the amendment itself, its authors have refused to…

Some say no matter what you do the courts do not have control but they ought to. The majority say, well, we do not want the courts to have any control or have any interest in this and then we wind up, we wind up on both sides of the issue…

I do not think they do. As a matter of fact, I cannot see any way that the courts would find standing or justiciability, and I think they will invoke the political question doctrine, especially since we say Congress has the obligation and…

We do not because it is a true constitutional amendment and, frankly, there are those on the other side who I think will argue that the courts ought to have some control. We just want to avoid that particular argument.

I have listened to my distinguished friend from Minnesota. As usual, he is an advocate for those who are poor and have difficulty in our society. I admire him for that. On the other hand, I do not think there is a person in America who…

I thank the colleague from Connecticut. Madam President, I rise as a cosponsor of S. 2042. More than 2 years ago, I called for the lifting of the arms embargo for the victims of Serbian aggression. The need for this action was clear then…

I would like to state my reasons for opposing S. 636 in its final form. S. 636 targets peaceful civil disobedience, not violence. Like millions and millions of other Americans opposed to abortion, I categorically and unequivocally condemn…

I rise in support of the committee substitute, and I want to take this opportunity to express my wholehearted support for the fine efforts of our colleague, Senator Bumpers, to bring a measure of rationality to Food and Drug Administration…

All of us who admired Richard Nixon are rightly saddened. But We should take heart from the fact that President Nixon lived his life without compromise right up to the end. He traveled to Russia and Ukraine to press for policies to assist…

If my arguments on Bosnia sound familiar, it is because we have been in this position before. And, we should have learned, Mr. President, that unless we act, thousands of people are going to die needlessly in Bosnia. We have the power to…

Nobody reveres the Bill of Rights more than I do. That is precisely why I do not think this judge should be confirmed. [...] That has to be said. Nobody believes in the Bill of Rights more than I do. That is why I do not think this judge…

The strength and the future of this Nation is directly dependent on the success and stability of the American family. I would like to bring to the Senate's attention today a provision of Federal law that is undermining our families--the…

I just have to call this proposal a sham. I called it upstairs the 'cover your backside' amendment because basically that is all it is there for. It relies on estimates, but it does not have the backup of a debt limit like Senate Joint…

I think the law is very clear that we do not have to worry about that. But, we are probably going to put language into this amendment to resolve the problems of some of our colleagues, like yourself, who have sincere concerns in this area.

Madam President, the Senate is once again considering a constitutional amendment to balance the budget, Senate Joint Resolution 41, the Simon-Hatch consensus balanced budget amendment. I wish an amendment to the Constitution were not…