[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 11]
[House]
[Pages 15931-15932]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                     EXCESSIVE GOVERNMENT SPENDING

  (Mr. FARENTHOLD asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. FARENTHOLD. Mr. Speaker, I rise today because we have a problem 
in the United States of America; that is, we spend too much. Nobody on 
my side of the aisle says let's not pay our bills; but we do say, just 
like every family does when their credit card bill comes and it is a 
little higher than they expect, well, let's see how we can maybe save 
some money. Cut up the credit cards and maybe find a way to bring in 
some more money.

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  Mr. Speaker, we can bring in more money with economic growth and 
economic development. Curtailing things that are killing economic 
development, like the President's health care plan and excessive 
regulation, must be stopped. We have to stop spending, and we have to 
increase our revenue by growing our economy.

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