[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 3]
[House]
[Page 4364]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                           THE NATIONAL DEBT

  (Mr. FATTAH asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. FATTAH. Let me wish everyone a happy St. Patty's Day.
  It is unfortunate that we have so much effort here in the House to 
recite the problem rather than to focus on solutions. We hear this 
discussion about our national debt. We have these paltry efforts. We 
cut $6 billion on the same day that the debt went up $72 billion. We 
have a proposal by the majority to address the debt by cutting 1\1/2\ 
percent out of a small corner of the budget, doing serious damage to 
our Nation's efforts in education and science and innovation.
  I would hope that we would think for a minute about what we could 
actually do to take America's exceptional past and create a real 
roadmap for our Nation's future, ensuring it on a fiscal footing that 
will be stronger.
  I have introduced this morning H.R. 1125. It is a proposal to address 
the Nation's debt and create a debt-free America. I invite the House to 
debate on it.

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