[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 8]
[House]
[Page 11230]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                 SUPPORT THE CUT, CAP, AND BALANCE ACT

  (Mr. PENCE asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. PENCE. Mr. Speaker, America is facing a fiscal crisis of 
unprecedented proportions--a $14 trillion national debt, another $1.6 
trillion deficit, and now a debt ceiling crisis looms.
  As negotiations go forward, Members of Congress have a choice to 
make. We can take a stand or we can take a pass. I say it's time to 
take a stand. And the Cut, Cap, and Balance Act of 2011 is that stand.
  As the White House and liberals here on Capitol Hill continue to 
argue over the details of some kind of an obscure, complicated deal 
over raising the debt ceiling, in the coming days House Republicans 
will bring legislation to the floor that will give the American people 
a choice. And it will be a choice built on fiscal responsibility and 
reform.
  The legislation that will come to the floor will cut spending now, it 
will cap spending in the law, and it will make any increase in the debt 
ceiling contingent on sending a balanced budget amendment to the 
States.
  I urge my colleagues to support the Cut, Cap, and Balance Act of 
2011, and I urge my fellow Americans to let your voice be heard in the 
coming days. We can cut spending now, we can cap spending in the law, 
and we can send a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution to the 
States for ratification. But the American people must engage.
  A minority in Congress plus the American people equals a majority. 
Help us as we achieve this needed reform and restore fiscal sanity to 
our national government.

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