[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 8]
[House]
[Page 10711]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




             AMERICAN FAMILIES DEMAND FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY

  (Mr. WILSON of South Carolina asked and was given permission to 
address the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. WILSON of South Carolina. Mr. Speaker, families in South Carolina 
are fed up with reckless Washington spending. They are fed up with the 
massive borrowing that threatens their children's future, their own 
retirements, and Social Security. They are concerned about future tax 
increases on American families and small businesses destroying jobs.
  If we are to restore fiscal sanity to Washington, then Congress needs 
to listen to the American people because they get it. They have had to 
make tough decisions to balance their budgets, and it is past time that 
Congress put the taxpayers' checkbook down and make some tough choices 
too.
  House Republicans have and will continue to offer our set of bold and 
fiscally responsible proposals to encourage job creation, limit growth 
in government, and help American families rebuild their savings. We 
stand ready to work with anyone who believes, as the American people 
do, that we cannot simply continue to throw money at the challenges we 
face.
  In conclusion, God bless our troops, and we will never forget 
September the 11th in the global war on terrorism.

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