[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 156 (2010), Part 7]
[House]
[Page 9254]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                   DEVELOP A PATH TO FISCAL SOLVENCY

  (Ms. JENKINS asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. JENKINS. As a CPA, I've counseled folks who are in debt. The 
first step is to acknowledge the problem. The second step is to develop 
a budget that maps out the path to solvency.
  Our children, who stand to inherit a national debt level that is 
unsustainable, should require Congress to adopt a similar approach. 
Apparently, the majority is afraid to admit that Washington has a 
spending and borrowing problem, and they plan to avoid even discussing 
a budget. In 2008, then-candidate Obama told Joe the Plumber, ``We need 
to share the wealth.''
  I was concerned then, but now I am appalled, because who are we 
sharing the wealth with? The Chinese. Sending nearly a trillion dollars 
to foreign nations to pay debt service on reckless spending is not what 
our kids deserve. Our kids deserve a Congress that will do their job 
and make the tough decisions to get our fiscal House in order, which 
starts by developing a responsible budget.

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