[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 5]
[House]
[Page 6258]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                        BANKRUPTCY OR PROSPERITY

  (Mr. McCOTTER asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. McCOTTER. I too would like to join in the chorus we've heard 
today to thank Father Coughlin for bearing the cross that is Congress.
  Mr. Speaker, as we hear the debates that will continue on into today 
on the budget, we will hear much hue and cry; but when we look at the 
reality, the Ryan House Republican proposal is really a very modest 
attempt to sustain the welfare state, and I believe it is an important 
one.
  When history looks back after the momentous changes in which we find 
ourselves, it will view the Ryan House Republican budget as but a baby 
step in escaping Big Government's implosion. It is a responsible 
course; it is a responsible choice because it is between bankruptcy or 
prosperity; and I and the American people will choose prosperity.

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