[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 110 (Tuesday, July 21, 2009)]
[House]
[Pages H8419-H8420]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                           REINSTITUTE PAYGO

  (Mr. CHILDERS asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. CHILDERS. It's a privilege to come to this House floor today to 
express my steadfast support for pay-as-you-go legislation that is 
scheduled to be introduced this week. As a member of the fiscally 
conservative Blue Dog Coalition, I believe reinstituting PAYGO is vital 
to restoring confidence with the American people that Washington and 
this Congress are indeed serious about reducing the Federal deficit and 
not continuing the reckless spending policies so often associated with 
Washington over the past decade.
  The people of north Mississippi and the American people all 
understand that at some point the bills have to be paid. Going from a 
$5 trillion debt at the end of the Clinton administration

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to a now over $11 trillion debt, it is not hard to imagine the daily 
frustrations I see every weekend at home on the faces of individuals 
and families struggling in this economic downturn.
  It is time for Congress to start operating just as the families in my 
district do and adopt statutory PAYGO as the law of the land.
  I urge all of my colleagues to join me in supporting this landmark 
legislation.

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