[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 4]
[House]
[Pages 5116-5117]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                 COME TOGETHER FOR THE NEXT GENERATION

  (Mr. KINGSTON asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)

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  Mr. KINGSTON. Mr. Speaker, America is at a huge crossroads right now. 
We're in a situation that whenever we spend $1, 40 cents of it is 
borrowed. Our national debt is about 95 percent of our GDP. We are 
losing our edge as a global leader. It hurts our job creation, it 
smothers the private sector, and it denies you and me of some of our 
basic freedoms; because the bigger the government gets, the smaller 
your personal freedom gets.
  That's why the budget that has been introduced today is so worthy of 
a strong debate by both of us--both parties, that is. This is about the 
next generation, not about the next election. I urge my Democrat 
friends and my Republican friends to come together and do the best 
thing for the United States of America, not just for partisan politics 
of the day.
  We are Americans. We can do better. We can get this job done, and we 
must get this job done.

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