[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 3]
[House]
[Page 3745]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                TAKING A STAND FOR FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY

  (Mr. PENCE asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. PENCE. With a $14 trillion national debt, a $1.65 trillion 
deficit this year alone, yesterday the United States Senate voted to 
reject the House effort to fund the government for the rest of the 
year. The Senate majority leader even took to the floor and called our 
$61 billion in savings ``mean spirited,'' ``reckless,'' and 
``irresponsible.'' He even defended Federal funding for the Cowboy 
Poetry Festival, apparently in his own State.
  You know, I learned a long time ago out here in Washington that 
sometimes things don't change in Washington, D.C., until they have to. 
I think we have to pick a fight. If House Republicans want to win this 
battle, we need to take a stand for the budget cuts and the policy 
changes enshrined in H.R. 1--that's $61 billion in savings this year, 
defunding ObamaCare, and defunding Planned Parenthood of America.
  It's time to take a stand for fiscal responsibility and reform. We 
have to say, This far and no farther. For the sake of our children and 
our grandchildren, we need to make a stand for the American people. And 
make no mistake about it: If we make this fight, we can win this fight, 
because the American people are on our side.

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