WASHINGTON - U.S. Senators John Cornyn (R-TX) and Orrin Hatch (R-UT) today led their Republican colleagues on the Senate Judiciary Committee in sending a letter to the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Human Rights Subcommittee Chairman Dick Durbin urging him to hold hearings on S.J. Res. 10, which calls for a balanced budget amendment to the U.S. Constitution. The full text of the letter is below:
June 8, 2011
The Honorable Dick Durbin, Chairman
Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights and Human Rights
Senate Judiciary Committee