Spencer Bachus: “He said: Our economic security is at risk if we don't cut down on the debt. Mr. McKeon was here speaking. Secretary Bob…”

“He said: Our economic security is at risk if we don't cut down on the debt. Mr. McKeon was here speaking. Secretary Bob Gates said that it's imperiling our national security. Is that theater? Is the national debt an illusion? Americans don't think so, and today we'll start acting. We'll start acting. And we'll do something else: We'll cut taxes. We'll preserve those tax cuts, except for those millionaires, people making over $1 million, as Mr. Van Hollen said. We're going to let those tax rates go back up, which is exactly what Nancy Pelosi proposed. We're going to take her proposal. And, do you know, as Mr. Van Hollen says, it probably won't get one Democratic vote for something that your leader proposed 3 months ago. That's political theater, Mr. Van Hollen.”