[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 172 (Tuesday, January 1, 2013)]
[House]
[Page H7519]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                   FUTURE GENERATIONS DESERVE BETTER

  (Mr. GOHMERT asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. GOHMERT. Last night was the first time in my life that I've sat 
at my desk as we went into a new year, but it gave me a chance to 
contemplate what we're about.
  We're going into a new year as the first generation who did not ask 
the question: What can we do? What can we sacrifice to make future 
generations have a better life than we have? Instead, we asked: How 
much can we eke up taxes a little bit so that we can keep spending 58 
cents to get a dollar's worth of wasteful, bloated government so that 
our children and grandchildren can pay 42 cents of every dollar that we 
waste on ourselves?
  Is that any way to start the new year?
  We're taking up a bill that will not do anything to cut spending. I 
am embarrassed for this generation. The future generations deserve 
better.

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