Joe Scarborough: “I believe that the ethic that the gentleman was talking about and that my colleague, the gentleman from Wisconsin is…”

“I believe that the ethic that the gentleman was talking about and that my colleague, the gentleman from Wisconsin is talking about also begins at home, that we, as Members of Congress, should save this country $500,000 by pushing our own elevator buttons for automatic elevators. Let me take it a step further. I certainly hope I do not make some fellow Members uncomfortable, but we had quite a showdown a couple weeks ago because we believe that this Congress should abide by the same rules that middle-class Americans abide by; and if you do not have money, if you are $5.4 trillion in debt, then you do not raise the spending for your own committees and for your own appropriations. That is going to be a pitched battle. I have seen some reports in the paper today that I know have to be inaccurate that talk about how our leadership is actually going to some of the most liberal Members in this House in trying to strike a deal because they are so desperate to get committee funding increased that they would rather deal with those that spin us into debt for the past 40 years instead of talking to those of us who believe that one only spends as much money as one takes in.”