[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 50 (Tuesday, March 24, 2009)]
[House]
[Page H3784]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                          REDUCING THE DEFICIT

  (Mr. LUETKEMEYER asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. LUETKEMEYER. Mr. Speaker, the President's budget as recently 
unveiled spends too much, taxes too much, and borrows too much. We need 
to stop talking about reducing our deficit and actually go to work and 
do it.
  We cannot continue to put off the tough economic decisions that must 
be made. In the words of Missouri's Harry Truman, the buck stops here.
  It is just plain wrong to pass off more and more debt to our children 
and grandchildren. Folks back home in Missouri have made it clear to me 
if they have to balance their checkbooks, then so does Washington.
  Unfortunately, the President's budget doesn't do that. Instead, it 
continues to mortgage the future of our children and grandchildren. I 
support reducing our Nation's deficit, which is precisely why one of 
the first bills I filed and sponsored was a constitutional amendment to 
balance the budget.
  Now, let's be clear. Raising taxes is not the way to do that. Putting 
Washington's fiscal house in order is.
  I am urging all of us to remember the buck stops here, not with 
future generations.

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