[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 108 (Tuesday, July 19, 2011)]
[House]
[Page H5168]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                 SUPPORT THE CUT, CAP, AND BALANCE ACT

  (Mr. WALBERG asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. WALBERG. Mr. Speaker, we received word yesterday that the 
President has threatened to veto the bill we will consider later today, 
H.R. 2560, the Cut, Cap, and Balance Act. As a cosponsor of this bill, 
I can't disagree more.
  We have a spending problem, not a revenue problem. For the President 
to threaten to veto a serious proposal that will put our country back 
on the path to fiscal responsibility demonstrates his stubborn 
insistence on continuing reckless spending and debt. If the President 
wants to continue to disregard the voice of the people, then he will 
veto this bill, despite never presenting a plan of his own.
  The President will do what he chooses to do, but I will do what the 
people and our Nation's future demand. Unless we want to face even 
longer-term economic difficulties, the President should reconsider his 
position and support this plan that cuts spending and encourages job 
growth.

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