Joel Hefley: “I think the gentleman from Maryland has a good point, this is a small amount, and it is somewhat symbolic. It is saying…”

“I think the gentleman from Maryland has a good point, this is a small amount, and it is somewhat symbolic. It is saying, when we are trying to get our budget back in balance, we need to cut wherever we can cut. But even though I would say to the gentleman from Maryland (Mr. Hoyer) that it is a small amount, it amounts to all of the taxes, Federal income taxes paid by 60 American taxpayers, average taxpayers. That is a lot of money for them. That is all their taxes. What we are saying is, for those 60 taxpayers, we are going to use your money in a more effective way. We are going to use it for things that maybe are a little more important. I tell my colleagues, when we are in this kind of a situation, when we are in great times, we do not seem to worry about it much; but when we are in these kinds of tight times, we really do need to put value judgments on where we spend our money and where we do not spend our money and where we save money wherever we can. So I would again encourage the adoption of this amendment.”