Marco Rubio Joins Push for Balanced Budget Amendment

With Republicans beginning a push for a balanced budget amendment to the U.S. Constitution, U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida joined his GOP colleagues in backing the idea on Wednesday.

Washingtons massive spending and fiscal mismanagement has gone on long enough, and it is time for a balanced budget amendment to be enshrined in our Constitution, said Rubio. Our unsustainable debt and ever-rising deficits are not victimless practices -- they cause uncertainty that is actively killing jobs and threatening to leave future generations stuck with the bill.

A balanced budget amendment would end this harmful practice and finally bring accountability to the budget-making process, added Rubio. With a $14.3 trillion debt, Americans understand that Washington must end its addiction to tax, borrow and spend. We can no longer afford it, and we owe it to the next generation of Americans to make this right.

We do not need tax hikes to pay for Washingtons spending addiction, said Rubio in closing. We need a president and Democrat Senate who will join Senate Republicans in supporting a strong balanced budget amendment that will handcuff out-of-control politicians.