[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 1]
[House]
[Page 1386]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                     GET OUR FISCAL HOUSE IN ORDER

  (Mr. BURTON of Indiana asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute.)
  Mr. BURTON of Indiana. Madam Speaker, one of the things that we are 
going to hear from our good friends on the Democrat side of the aisle 
day in and day out is how the Republicans are callous because we are 
cutting spending, and they can come to the floor and enumerate hundreds 
and hundreds of programs that are so good for America that they cannot 
be cut and, therefore, we shouldn't do anything to reduce our spending.
  We have a $14 trillion national debt. We are $1.5 trillion short this 
coming fiscal year. If we don't do something, we are going to feel it; 
but our kids and our grandkids are going to have a lower quality of 
life because we cannot sustain this kind of spending.
  So I would just like to say to my colleagues, I anticipate listening 
to you rant and rave about how we are cutting programs; but long term, 
unless we get our fiscal house in order, the future of America is 
really at risk. And I think the people across this country understand 
that it's time to take a scalpel to the budget.

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