When we write this amendment into the Constitution, who is going to decide what reality is? ... It is somewhat ironic for me to think that that little bit of paper is going to make any difference, when it is the same people who are managing the budget and fiscal budget in this body today who are going to be managing it in 1999.
Senator Byrd critiques the effectiveness of a proposed constitutional amendment.
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