John Doolittle: “ever since we passed the President's budget last year, the American people have been clamoring for more budget cuts.…”

“ever since we passed the President's budget last year, the American people have been clamoring for more budget cuts. Time after time the Congress has rejected budget cuts. They are always too specific or not specific enough. Well, the time has come to separate the sheep from the goats, Madam Speaker, and see who has the guts to make the hard choices to cut our budget. The A to Z spending cut plan is a radical new idea put forth by a bipartisan majority of 230 Members of this House. Very simply, this plan calls for a special session of the Congress to offer and vote on specific budget cuts to take place right now. Already the Democrat House leadership has been strong-arming Members from their side of the aisle to not support the discharge petition. The good old boys of Congress are out to protect the system once again. It is not going to happen, Madam Speaker. The people of this country demand real cuts and an end to the good old boy network that is trying to kill A to Z. I call on my colleagues to support responsibility and accountability and sign the A to Z discharge petition.”