[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 172 (Tuesday, January 1, 2013)]
[House]
[Page H7518]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                           SPENDING ANONYMOUS

  (Mr. POE of Texas asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute.)
  Mr. POE of Texas. Mr. Speaker, it's New Year's Day 2013. What an 
excellent time for Congress to make at least one New Year's resolution.
  Congress is addicted to spending money. Maybe Congress should join 
Spending Anonymous. Here is the 12-step plan:
  One, Congress should admit it's addicted to spending someone else's 
money;
  Two, make a list of the wasteful spending;
  Three, pass a yearly budget and a constitutional balanced budget 
amendment;
  Four, stop giving money to countries that hate us;
  Five, have the resolve not to spend money we don't have;
  Six, don't contribute to the addiction by taking more money away from 
Americans;
  Seven, don't borrow any more money from China;
  Eight, don't make excuses for our addiction;
  Nine, don't blame others for the addiction;
  Ten, run Congress like most people run their family budgets;
  Eleven, remember, we are to do the will of the people;
  Twelve, have a support group and meet regularly to confess our 
addiction.
  Mr. Speaker, Congress should join Spending Anonymous.
  And that's just the way it is.

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