On the recordJanuary 11, 1995
the naysayers and doubters are out in full force scaring the American people about the balanced budget amendment. The question they ask is on whose back will the budget be balanced? Mr. Speaker, I would like to reverse that question and ask on whose back will the burden fall if we do not balance the budget? If Congress does not act responsibly to control wasteful government spending and growth, the children of our country are the ones who will pay. We now have over $4 trillion in debt. How far in debt do we have to go before we realize what we are doing to the children of our Nation? The American people want action and they want action now. They want a government that is smaller, less expensive and more efficient. They want a government that will control its spending habits. Let us not break the back of our children's future. Let us pass the balanced budget amendment and let us do it now.
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