[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 14]
[House]
[Pages 18478-18479]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                           REINSTITUTE PAYGO

  (Mr. CHILDERS asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. CHILDERS. It's a privilege to come to this House floor today to 
express my steadfast support for pay-as-

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you-go legislation that is scheduled to be introduced this week. As a 
member of the fiscally conservative Blue Dog Coalition, I believe 
reinstituting PAYGO is vital to restoring confidence with the American 
people that Washington and this Congress are indeed serious about 
reducing the Federal deficit and not continuing the reckless spending 
policies so often associated with Washington over the past decade.
  The people of north Mississippi and the American people all 
understand that at some point the bills have to be paid. Going from a 
$5 trillion debt at the end of the Clinton administration to a now over 
$11 trillion debt, it is not hard to imagine the daily frustrations I 
see every weekend at home on the faces of individuals and families 
struggling in this economic downturn.
  It is time for Congress to start operating just as the families in my 
district do and adopt statutory PAYGO as the law of the land.
  I urge all of my colleagues to join me in supporting this landmark 
legislation.

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