[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 151 (2005), Part 17]
[House]
[Page 22991]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                         FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY

  (Mr. PRICE of Georgia asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute.)
  Mr. PRICE of Georgia. Mr. Speaker, while all Americans have shown 
compassion for the victims of recent natural disasters, we must 
exercise this compassion in a fiscally responsible manner. We in 
Congress have an obligation to respond to these natural disasters, but 
we must not give future generations an IOU of billions of dollars that 
they will have to pay off.
  How do we do this? Many of my colleagues have looked for savings and 
prioritizing programs, and that is a great start and I am sure many 
more ideas will come forward as we discuss this issue. We must focus 
our efforts only on spending that which is essential to the American 
people, just like a family budget. In the past we have reduced spending 
when needed, and now is such a time. The American taxpayers want 
Congress to be fiscally responsible.
  Mr. Speaker, it is important to compare the government's budget to a 
family budget, and it is simple: When you spend more in one area, you 
must find savings in another. My colleagues and I should do just that. 
Now let us finish the job and show the taxpayers that Congress is able 
to act as responsibly as they would in their own life.

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