[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 64 (Wednesday, May 11, 2011)]
[House]
[Page H3207]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




              TIME FOR CONGRESS TO GET OUR HOUSE IN ORDER

  (Mr. KINGSTON asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. KINGSTON. Mr. Speaker, can you imagine in your household, if, for 
every $1 you spent, 40 cents was borrowed?
  That's the situation we're in with every dollar that we spend in the 
U.S. Congress today. And yet there are those who do not want to reform 
or change.
  But if I brought in my family and said, listen, guys, for every 
dollar we spend, 40 cents is borrowed, we would say, okay, what can we 
cut out? Can we do with less travel? Can we do with fewer clothes? Can 
we cut back on the kitchen table a little bit? We would come up with 
some ideas. They might be tough choices, but it's the right thing to 
do.
  It is time for Congress to get our house in order and to think about 
the next generation, not just the next election.
  As a member of the Appropriations Committee, I can tell you, each and 
every day, people come to see me to ask for more money to be spent. 
We've got to change our culture of spending here and get the House 
under control.

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