[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 158 (2012), Part 13]
[House]
[Pages 18567-18568]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                           SPENDING ANONYMOUS

  (Mr. POE of Texas asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute.)
  Mr. POE of Texas. Mr. Speaker, it's New Year's Day 2013. What an 
excellent

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time for Congress to make at least one New Year's resolution.
  Congress is addicted to spending money. Maybe Congress should join 
Spending Anonymous. Here is the 12-step plan:
  One, Congress should admit it's addicted to spending someone else's 
money;
  Two, make a list of the wasteful spending;
  Three, pass a yearly budget and a constitutional balanced budget 
amendment;
  Four, stop giving money to countries that hate us;
  Five, have the resolve not to spend money we don't have;
  Six, don't contribute to the addiction by taking more money away from 
Americans;
  Seven, don't borrow any more money from China;
  Eight, don't make excuses for our addiction;
  Nine, don't blame others for the addiction;
  Ten, run Congress like most people run their family budgets;
  Eleven, remember, we are to do the will of the people;
  Twelve, have a support group and meet regularly to confess our 
addiction.
  Mr. Speaker, Congress should join Spending Anonymous.
  And that's just the way it is.

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