Adam Smith: “this is an exciting time in America's history. The Congress has been moving quickly on the contract. It has been…”

“this is an exciting time in America's history. The Congress has been moving quickly on the contract. It has been interesting, as just a regular person out in the world until this point, I have always had the perception that Congress talked and did not do. We have watched this Congress step up and make major congressional reforms from its very first day. And just last week we did what voters have been asking for as long as I can remember any political debate. We passed a balanced budget amendment. And we required that Government operate in the Black for the first time by 2002. We have to have a balanced budget. This was a major part of the commitment that we made to the people in the contract. Again, we took another step to keep our commitments, something that seemed to be again to me as an outsider looking in something Congress did not do in the past that was on Thursday. On Friday we took a much-needed second step. I, along with other freshmen and leadership, announced plans to introduce a second constitutional amendment, one that would restrict Congress' ability to raise taxes.”