[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 2]
[House]
[Page 1567]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]


                          PROPOSED BUDGET CUTS

  (Mr. RIGELL asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. RIGELL. Mr. Speaker, when future generations look back at the 
112th Congress, they should be able to remember us as the Congress that 
made the tough decisions that got our economy back on track and 
restored America to greatness. That's why I fully support the 
commitment to cut at least $100 billion from the President's budget. 
We're a country that is over $14 trillion in debt, which is placing 
every American, regardless of political party, at serious and 
increasing risk.
  We're borrowing more than 40 percent of what we're spending, and my 
2-year-old grandson is already $45,000 in debt. And to say that our 
spending is simply unsustainable, that doesn't quite capture in my mind 
the gravity of our situation.
  To meet the deep obligation that we have to pass on to the future 
generations the blessings of liberty and freedom, we must act now and 
act decisively. That's why I'm here this morning to emphatically ask 
that this Congress, in this session, works together to find our way to 
$100 billion in cuts.




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