[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 158 (2012), Part 13]
[House]
[Page 18612]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




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                         FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY

  (Mrs. SCHMIDT asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Mrs. SCHMIDT. Mr. Speaker, this is the last speech that I will ever 
give in this House and it saddens me the way I have to leave, because 
we leave as a divided caucus and a divided House.
  The American public expects more from us, but the American public 
also expects us to recognize that we are spending their money, and we 
are spending ourselves into a debt that we will not be able to repay. 
Our children and our grandchildren will be the heirs of our misspending 
of our taxpayer dollars.
  I voted ``no'' tonight because we were increasing our debt limit at 
an unprecedented proportion. My dear colleagues in this House, as I 
leave this body, I ask you to be conservative in your votes on 
spending. Remember, we have children and grandchildren that will be 
saddled with this debt. We are a great country, but we are a great 
country because we can afford to pay our bills. Let us not lead down 
into the path of fiscal irresponsibility or that will no longer be the 
case.
  God bless this institution, and God bless the United States of 
America. And thank you for this 7 years and 4 months I was able to 
honor the Second Congressional District. God bless all of you.

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