On the recordJune 6, 2012
What I simply meant was take back the spending level to where we were last year. Nobody wants to go back in time. But if we want to talk of a future for our kids, as was mentioned, saddling them with $15 trillion in debt doesn't give them much of a future. And that's the problem here. We just keep doing that bill after bill after bill after bill--increasing spending. I take the gentleman's point on the needs of defense, but we've got to find savings. We've got to find savings here. We can't continue to go on and pile up more debt. And I would suggest that finding savings amounting to one-quarter of one penny on this bill is not unreasonable. I yield back the balance of my time. The Acting CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Arizona (Mr. Flake). The question was taken; and the Acting Chair announced that the noes appeared to have it.
