[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 14]
[House]
[Page 18478]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




               SUPPORT PASSAGE OF STATUTORY PAY-AS-YOU-GO

  (Mrs. KIRKPATRICK of Arizona asked and was given permission to 
address the House for 1 minute.)
  Mrs. KIRKPATRICK of Arizona. Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of the 
Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act. This commonsense measure will help bring 
fiscal responsibility back to Washington. With the national debt at 
almost $11.6 trillion, Congress needs to start showing some discipline.
  I launched my ``Do More With Less'' campaign to cut inefficient 
spending and reduce the debt. I have been proud to support billions of 
cuts in the fiscal year 2010 appropriations bills. And I have called on 
the Treasury Secretary to use returned bailout funds to pay back what 
we owe.
  I am also pleased to be an original cosponsor of the PAYGO bill. By 
requiring that Congress offset spending dollar-for-dollar, this 
legislation will ensure that Washington makes the tough choices it 
takes to get our country back on track.
  PAYGO helped produce the budget surpluses of the late 1990s, and it 
will help us restore the balance now.
  I urge my colleagues to stand with me and support passage of this 
bill.

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