[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 8]
[House]
[Pages 11309-11310]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                         CUT, CAP, AND BALANCE

  (Mr. HUELSKAMP asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute.)
  Mr. HUELSKAMP. A few hours ago, the President issued a veto threat to 
Cut, Cap, and Balance. While, of

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course, this was expected, it is still disappointing. It is 
disappointing because this legislation answers his demand that we on 
this side of the aisle offer a plan. It is also disappointing because 
he doesn't have a plan himself.
  My colleagues on the other side of the aisle in the last few years 
often called the Republicans the ``party of no,'' but this President 
who ran on ``hope'' has become President Nope. The President doesn't 
know what he's for, but he certainly knows what he's against.
  His opposition to Cut, Cap, and Balance includes opposition to a 
balanced budget amendment. He said it's not necessary, and that 
lawmakers should simply do their jobs. It's ironic that a President who 
is so insistent on tying the hands of the private sector with onerous 
regulations would oppose tying the hands of politicians when it comes 
to spending and borrowing.
  Dodd-Frank, ObamaCare, the EPA--they all restrict what Americans can 
and cannot do. The President wants no such restrictions on either 
Congress or himself. No, the only restriction-free zone he wants is 
Washington, D.C.
  Cut, Cap, and Balance recognizes that Washington's solutions have to 
be long-term and permanent. Quick fixes are what got us into the 
position we find ourselves in; they are not what will get us out of it.

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