Bobby Scott actually said...

"If we are ever going to balance the budget, the fact is we are going to require members to cast some tough votes. Many of these votes will be career-ending votes, and a constitutional amendment will n..."

"I support a balanced budget amendment. The question is what that amendment does and what it looks like."

"If a balanced budget amendment doesn't address that fundamental problem, you will never succeed in whatever you do with regard to balancing your budget."

"I think if you repealed the 16th and 17th Amendment, a balanced budget amendment would probably become not unnecessary."