[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 3]
[House]
[Page 3540]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                           THE BUDGET BATTLE

  (Mr. KINGSTON asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. KINGSTON. Mr. Speaker, what is the budget battle about? It is 
about our country; it is about our kids; and it is about our freedom.
  Imagine if you were borrowing 40 cents for every $1 that you spent in 
your household. You would change your purchasing habits. That's what 
this battle is about.
  Do we want to leave to our children a legacy of billions and billions 
of dollars in debt which they owe to China? That's what this budget 
battle is about. This is very important stuff.
  We have to put the politics of spending and positioning and about 
being Democrats and Republicans aside. We've got to do what's best for 
the next generation, not the next election. We need to come together 
and come up with commonsense solutions, because you and I as Americans, 
we can do better and we deserve to give our children better than what 
we're doing right now.

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