Robert Berry: “since 1980, over and over again, the Republicans have come to this House and this Congress and this Nation and promised…”

“since 1980, over and over again, the Republicans have come to this House and this Congress and this Nation and promised that if we just cut taxes some more, everything will be wonderful. Inscribed on the walls of the first floor of this wonderful building is a saying from Patrick Henry. It says: ``I have but one lamp by which my feet are guided. That is the lamp of experience.'' Experience tells us that this maddening, crazy, lunatic economic plan that we are being presented with tonight on this floor leads us down the path to enormous debt. And that is all it gets us. And we know that. Mr. Speaker, I would associate myself with the remarks of the gentleman from Mississippi (Mr. Taylor). Where I come from, we teach our children that one can go to the bad place for lying just like you can for stealing. Let us not steal the future from our children and grandchildren.”