[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 3 (Thursday, January 8, 2015)]
[House]
[Page H113]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         TARGETED SPENDING CUTS

  (Mrs. BLACKBURN asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Mrs. BLACKBURN. Madam Speaker, I am rising today in support of H.R. 
39. This is a bill I filed yesterday, and it calls for a 1 percent 
across-the-board spending reduction for all discretionary spending 
except for Homeland Security, Defense, and Veterans Affairs. That is 1 
percent out of the 2015 budget.
  The Federal Government is over $18 trillion in debt. That is why I 
filed this bill, because it is not fair to hardworking taxpayers and to 
future generations to be saddled with this debt.
  Do you know, right now, $56,600 is each individual's share of the 
debt? I have a nephew who just recently turned 1 year old; Worth Hunter 
has $56,600 worth of debt. Is that fair? No, indeed, it is not.
  It is important that we begin to cut that 1 penny out of every dollar 
in discretionary spending to get our fiscal house in order. I urge 
consideration of H.R. 39.

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