[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 3]
[House]
[Pages 3914-3915]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                         IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE

  (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, in the classic movie by Frank Capra called 
``It's a Wonderful Life,'' the main character, the hero, played by 
Jimmy Stewart, contemplated the question of what would the world be 
like if you had not have lived. In his case, what would his town have 
been like. And I think that's the question we 435 Members of Congress 
have to answer: What would Congress be like if you were not serving? 
Would you go on spending money--

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right now, borrowing forty cents for every dollar we spend; a national 
debt of 96 percent of GDP; a deficit right now of $1.6 trillion. What 
if you had not served? Would it make a difference? That's what the 
debate is about right now. Eighty-seven new Members who came to 
Congress to change this spending habit, to say ``no,'' and Democrats 
and Republicans have their fingerprints on overspending, but it is now 
time for changing.
  There's another popular movie called ``The Blind Side'' in which the 
main character was drafted by Ole Miss University to protect the 
quarterback on his blind side. That's what these Members need to do, 
Mr. Speaker, is protect the blind side of the taxpayers from absolute 
disaster.

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