[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 55 (Wednesday, April 1, 2009)]
[House]
[Page H4256]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                             RESPONSIBILITY

  (Mr. CHAFFETZ asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. CHAFFETZ. Life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness: that is 
what the American Dream is all about. It's been the American 
entrepreneur, it's the American family, it's the individual who starts 
and wants to build their own business that's going to drive this 
country and this economy forward. It's not Big Government that's going 
to get us out of this. It's going to be the American family and the 
American entrepreneur.
  I look at the President's budget, what the Democrats are proposing 
and, quite frankly, it spends too much, it taxes too much, and it 
borrows too much. We will literally double the debt in this country 
that will be paid at some point by our kids and our grandkids.
  We have an opportunity to reject the overspending; we have an 
opportunity to reject the idea that we are going to continue to run 
this government on a credit card. That's why I urge my colleagues to 
look very strongly at this budget and just say ``no.''
  We can no longer afford to continue to spend the way Washington, DC, 
spends. We need to operate this country in a fiscally disciplined 
manner. That's why I encourage my colleagues to look strongly at the 
Republican alternative, because in that budget you will see 
responsibility.

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