[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 13]
[House]
[Page 18184]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                          SAY IT ISN'T SO, JOE

  (Mr. CHAFFETZ asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. CHAFFETZ. Say it isn't so, Joe.
  Yesterday, with all due respect to our Vice President, we heard him 
say, We have to spend money to keep from going bankrupt. An amazing, 
amazing philosophy that gives you great pause.
  It's no wonder why this country is nearly $12 trillion in debt. We 
are now spending nearly $600 million per day just in interest payments. 
This credit card Congress can no longer continue. We cannot spend our 
way out of our challenges. We have to be fiscally responsible in this 
country. We cannot spend our way out of these challenges. You don't do 
it in your family, but this Congress does. Every time we hear a 
challenge, all we hear about is the need for more spending.
  Today we will consider a bill, a horse and burro bill, that will be 
nearly $700 million in new spending--$700 million in new spending to 
tackle horses and burros that are exploding their population in the 
West.
  Please, Madam Speaker, I implore my colleagues, we have to stop. We 
have to cut our spending.

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