[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 55 (Thursday, April 14, 2011)]
[House]
[Pages H2674-H2675]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                IT IS, PERHAPS, THE END OF THE BEGINNING

  (Mr. BENISHEK asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. BENISHEK. Mr. Speaker, this day marks an historic moment for our 
country. The rise in Federal spending that has defined the last 3 years 
has ended.
  The bill that we will pass in the House today contains the largest 
cuts in our budget since the end of World War II. This bill is by no 
means perfect, and I, like many Americans, want more cuts, and I 
believe we will get them. These cuts are just the start.

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  The words of Winston Churchill, which were spoken during a different 
battle, echo true today. He stated, ``This is not the end. It is not 
even the beginning of the end; but it is, perhaps, the end of the 
beginning.''
  Mr. Speaker, it is time to move beyond last year's business and start 
doing the work the American people sent us here to do. Tomorrow, we 
will take up legislation that will save us not billions but trillions; 
and as this House considers addressing the debt ceiling, the Senate and 
the President need to know that these cuts do not represent the end--
they represent our resolve to continue the fight.

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