[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 5]
[House]
[Pages 6258-6259]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




             PUTTING OUR COUNTRY ON THE PATH TO PROSPERITY

  (Mr. WITTMAN asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. WITTMAN. Mr. Speaker, I would like to begin by recognizing Father 
Coughlin and his service and sacrifice to our Nation.
  As we look at this Nation today, we are at a tipping point, and we 
have two paths that we can choose. We can choose to talk in a 
meaningful and thoughtful way about the deficits we have before us in 
this national debt, or we can continue to demagogue issues and ideas 
that will get us to long-term prosperity for this country. I know the

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American people prefer us to have that thoughtful, meaningful 
conversation about how we get this Nation on the right path, how we 
rein in spending, and how we control the growth of government.
  Folks, today the issues are about growing our economy, not about 
growing government. We have seen that past efforts to grow government 
have not resulted in prosperity for this Nation. The time is now for us 
to have a meaningful, thoughtful discussion about all aspects of the 
budget. Let's not demagogue the issue. Let's prove to the American 
people that we can make the tough decisions to move this Nation in the 
right direction, to get this spending under control, to reduce our 
debt, and make sure the long-term care of this country is put first and 
foremost, that we are on the path to prosperity.

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