Proposing a Balanced Budget Amendment to the Constitution

Floor Speech

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Mr. JOHNSON of Ohio. Mr. Speaker, I am indeed a great supporter of the balanced budget amendment, and I stand in strong support of it today.

You know, it's amazing to me we still keep talking about the Bush-era tax cuts. Those same tax cuts are today's current tax law that have been affirmed by this Congress, this Senate, and signed into law by this President. So why we keep blaming financial woes on President Bush is beyond me.

But let's make one thing perfectly clear. The American people are not taxed too little. The problem is that Washington spends too much. This has been going on for years, and it needs to stop now. We need a balanced budget amendment because Washington has clearly indicated its inability to discipline itself.

This balanced budget amendment offers Congress and the President a very clear choice, either stand with the already overtaxed American families and small businesses who have to balance their budgets on a daily basis, or stand with the Washington establishment that always demands more of the American people, more of their hard-earned tax dollars without any accountability for how they spend their money.

American families have to stick to a budget every month, so why should the Federal Government be any different? We can't keep mortgaging our children's future to China.

It's time to take a stand, Mr. Speaker. The "tax and spend and then blame the American people for not paying their 'fair share' game'' must end, and it can end today. Passing the balanced budget amendment will help bring this country back to economic prosperity and end this game.

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