[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 1]
[House]
[Page 558]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                           FISCAL DISCIPLINE

  (Mr. CHAFFETZ asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. CHAFFETZ. Mr. Speaker, I rise to give voice to the need to cut 
the size and scope of government. While the rhetoric and calls for 
increased spending continue to escalate, let us also remember it is our 
duty and obligation to do more with less.
  Over the past 12 years, annual Federal spending has more than 
doubled, exceeding $3.1 trillion. Since January 2007, our government 
has added an average of $2.8 billion per day to our national debt. If 
deficit spending were the way to prosperity, our economy would be 
booming.
  We are more than $10 trillion in debt and there is no end in sight. 
Let us remember it is not the government's money we talk about and 
spend, it is the American people's money. And we cannot afford to 
continue to run this government on a credit card. We're going to have 
to do more with less, and that means finding ways to cut government 
spending.

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