[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 4]
[House]
[Page 4954]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                         FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY

  (Mr. BARROW asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. BARROW. Madam Speaker, I rise today to encourage the President 
and leaders of the House and Senate to work together to craft a long-
term spending plan to prevent a government shutdown and get our 
Nation's finances back on track.
  No business can thrive without a stable, long-term financial plan. 
The Federal Government can't either. The uncertainty we're operating 
under is costly to taxpayers, and it threatens the health of both the 
public and the private sectors.
  As I travel around my district, I hear time and again from 
constituents who are tired of the heated political rhetoric. We can 
cater to political extremes or we can work together to resolve pressing 
issues.
  Let's move beyond the weekly battles on discretionary spending and 
start an adult conversation about the real structural issues that 
plague our Nation's fiscal health.

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