[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 4]
[House]
[Page 5675]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                   CUT SPENDING AND GROW THE ECONOMY

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Chair recognizes the gentleman from 
Nevada (Mr. Heck) for 3 minutes.
  Mr. HECK. Mr. Speaker, I have said, like most in this Chamber, that I 
oppose a government shutdown. Last November, Nevadans spoke. The 
American people spoke. They said cut the spending so the economy can 
grow.
  My primary goal is not a government shutdown. It is to do the job 
that the people elected me to do: cut the spending and grow the 
economy.
  Quite simply, our country is broke, all because there are checks in 
the checkbook doesn't mean there's money in the checking account. And 
we're paying the overdraft fees with money that we're borrowing from 
China.
  Some people ask: What's the difference between a billion here and a 
billion there? Well, that's just $1 billion that we don't have. There 
is an old saying: Take care of your pennies, and your dollars will take 
care of themselves. For those who question the importance of a billion 
dollars, I would say, take care of your billions, and your trillions 
will take care of themselves.

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