[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 160 (2014), Part 7]
[House]
[Page 9338]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




STOP TRYING TO TAKE CARE OF THE WHOLE WORLD AND PUT THE AMERICAN PEOPLE 
                                 FIRST

  (Mr. DUNCAN of Tennessee asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. DUNCAN of Tennessee. Mr. Speaker, you can never satisfy the 
government's appetite for money or land. They always want more. But 
this Nation's national debt has now reached an astounding $17.6 
trillion. The only reason more people are not upset about that figure 
is that nobody can humanly comprehend a figure like $17.6 trillion.
  Basically, what it means is that this Nation is in the shape of 
Detroit. The only difference is Detroit can't print money. This Nation 
keeps printing more money, more money, and more money. That is going to 
speed up in the years ahead if we don't get much more fiscal 
conservatism at the Federal level.
  Anyone who wants to draw Social Security, our Federal pension, or our 
military pension that will buy very much in future years should demand 
much more fiscal responsibility from our Federal Government.
  What we mainly need to do, Mr. Speaker, we need to stop trying to 
take care of the whole world and start taking care of our own country 
and putting the American people first once again.

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