Matthew Russell: “I thank my colleague from Wyoming. Mr. Speaker, I didn't realize that this was going to be a defend Oklahoma debate. I…”

“I thank my colleague from Wyoming. Mr. Speaker, I didn't realize that this was going to be a defend Oklahoma debate. I invite my colleague, Mr. Garamendi, to come and look at our thriving economy, our sustained economic growth of nearly 6 percent since 2008 when my colleague's State has been on the wane. This thing about deficits and deficit spending, we have a balanced budget amendment, unlike my colleague's State. And further, we don't borrow from the Federal Government to bail out our State; instead, we pay the bills ourselves. Now, I thought that this was a measure to support our military and to support the United States Air Force, and in that we will wholeheartedly agree. But, Mr. Speaker, I take great pride in the people of Oklahoma. With one-tenth of the population, we can do everything that my colleague on the other side of the aisle's State does itself, and I take great pride in that.”