[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 4]
[House]
[Page 5397]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                      CONGRESS MUST QUIT SPENDING

  (Mr. LATTA asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. LATTA. Mr. Speaker, last week it was my privilege during our work 
period back in the district to be at seven of my county courthouses. 
What I did was I met one-on-one all morning and all afternoon and we 
got locked into the courthouses in the evenings to talk to these people 
that we represent. And they are concerned. They are concerned about the 
spending that has been going on in this Congress.
  I had one gentleman wait 4 hours, 4 hours, to come up and just sit 
across from the desk from me for 30 seconds and say we are spending too 
much money in this country. They are worried about what is happening to 
their future, to their kids' future and their grandkids' future.
  You know, it is tough when you pick up the paper and try to explain 
it to them. They say, where is this money coming from that is being 
borrowed? Over the weekend we saw the Secretary of State was over in 
China with cup in hand saying we need you to keep buying our debt.
  The folks back home are concerned about their future and they want 
this Congress to do something, and that means we have got to quit 
spending.

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