Sam Farr: “Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I rise in opposition to this amendment. We have been on a 3-day marathon talking about how we…”

“Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I rise in opposition to this amendment. We have been on a 3-day marathon talking about how we are going to cut, squeeze, and trim the Federal Government. Frankly, we haven't even hit the big stuff. Seventy-five percent of the budget isn't even up for discussion here on the floor. What you are seeing with this amendment is you are taking a meat axe to essentially a bloody mess. We know this bill is not going anywhere because it doesn't really get into trying to do structural reform. If we really wanted to deal with debt, you deal with a plan to get rid of debt, not just with a hacking and hacking away. Let's devise a plan that will really make this country deal with its debt just like you do with your mortgage, your long-term mortgage. It's a lot of money. People aren't scared, as long as they have a job, to how they are going to pay their mortgage because they have a plan. That's not what we are getting at. This amendment is a meat axe to a bloody mess that ought to be opposed.”