[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 5]
[House]
[Pages 6621-6622]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                      SPENDING-DRIVEN DEBT CRISIS

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Chair recognizes the gentlewoman from 
North Carolina (Ms. Foxx) for 5 minutes.
  Ms. FOXX. If your car is speeding into a ditch, the only thing to do 
to survive is to slam the brakes as fast and hard as you can. Anything 
else only stalls the disaster to come.
  At this moment, America is speeding into bankruptcy, and the only way 
to stop the descent and save our country

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is to slam the brakes on government spending and set our Nation on a 
brand new fiscal trajectory.
  Critical times call for critical measures. The American people 
deserve honest and courageous leadership from Washington that will act 
to save the future of our great Nation.

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  The Path to Prosperity would lift the crushing burden of record high 
debt, spur economic growth and job creation, and fulfill our Nation's 
obligations to the health and retirement security of every American.
  With the Path to Prosperity, the budget that Republicans adopted in 
the House 2 weeks ago, Americans will be back on the road to more jobs 
for today and a bankrupt-free nation for tomorrow.

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