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Further Additional Extending Government Funding Act

Floor Speech

Date: Feb. 17, 2022
Location: Washington, DC

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Mr. BRAUN. Mr. President, I call up my amendment No. 4930 and ask that it be reported by number.

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Mr. BRAUN. I came here 3 years ago with a mission to rein in debt and deficits. I think few of us actually care much about that here, in my observation. If we did, we wouldn't be passing our third short-term spending measure in 5 months. It should have been done last year.

In a few weeks, we will pass an Omnibus bill that we will all say was bipartisan, and we will go on down the road. Meanwhile, inflation will be surging ahead--7 percent, 8 percent--the highest since 1982. The last time we voted on a balanced budget amendment was in 2011. By the way, both Democrats and Republicans supported it back then.

I am proposing something very simple, very low-threshold. It creates a point of order against any budget resolution that doesn't reach a balanced budget in 10 years. That is so simple, everyone, including the Presiding Officer banging the gavel, ought to be for it for the sake of our kids and our grandkids.

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