01.26.11

HOEVEN NEWS CONFERENCE VIDEO ON BALANCED BUDGET AMENDMENT

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Attached is a video link to the news conference held at noon today in the Senate Press Gallery by Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas), Sen. John Hoeven and a number of other U.S. Senators to announce sponsorship of the Balanced Budget Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.

In addition to Hoeven, the following Senators participated in today’s news conference: John Ensign (R-Nevada), Olympia Snowe (R-Maine), Jim Inhofe (R-Oklahoma), Roy Blunt (R-Missouri), Kelly Ayotte (R-New Hampshire), Rob Portman (R-Ohio), and Mark Kirk (R-Illinois). In all, 19 senators are supporting the measure.