Steve Womack: “I want to give you some perspective before I close, Mr. Speaker. The only budget that we have laying out there right now…”

“I want to give you some perspective before I close, Mr. Speaker. The only budget that we have laying out there right now is the President's budget. It arrived on time. It never balances--never--and continues to add a lot of taxes and a lot of debt and a lot of interest burdens on the generations of these two kids right here. But here is what is inescapable: the net interest on the debt that we will pay this year--and I might need some help on this, Mr. Rokita--I think it is around $250 billion?”