[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 17 (Thursday, February 4, 2010)]
[House]
[Page H594]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                WHAT AMERICANS WANT FROM THE GOVERNMENT

  (Mr. McHENRY asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. McHENRY. Madam Speaker, today Congress voted to raise the 
national debt limit to $14.3 trillion, or $121,000 per American family 
today. The vote is the third debt increase since the Democrats took 
control of Congress and they have passed a debt increase three times in 
the last 12 months. This is a burden to small businesses and 
communities, will hurt our economic growth and prosperity for years to 
come, will raise interest rates and hurt our ability for our 
communities to gain jobs.
  This is irresponsible, and yet it's merely a symptom of the problem. 
The problem is that Washington cannot control its spending.
  We need folks in Congress who will look at the budget line by line, 
as the President pledged in the last campaign, and look at how to root 
out waste, fraud, and abuse, and curb the growth of government and 
balance our budget. That is what the American people want, and that is 
what I am fighting for.

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