Kendrick Meek: “Thank you for yielding back, Mr. Ryan. Let me just point out real quickly: we will start out with the big one here.…”

“Thank you for yielding back, Mr. Ryan. Let me just point out real quickly: we will start out with the big one here. People look at Japan; they look at the United States. They say how could a country that size invest in the United States of America $682.8 billion, Japan? American apple pie. They have a big piece of it. China, Red China, Mr. Ryan. Communist China, Mr. Ryan and Mr. Speaker: 249.8 billion of the American apple pie. I know that makes our World War II veterans feel pretty comfortable right about now. And I am saying that in a way that I know that they are highly upset at the point that Japan can come back and own so much of the American apple pie, and not because of their doing but because of the irresponsible spending on the Republican majority side. I am just calling it what it is, Mr. Speaker, because like some folks say, it is what it is, Mr. Ryan. The U.K., $223.2 billion of the American apple pie. Caribbean nations. Many of us go to vacation. I represent a lot of folks from the Caribbean. But guess what, they own $115.3 billion of the American apple pie, buying our debt. Our debt. Historic debt that we have given them in the last 4 years. And I am going to explain that a little further, Mr. Ryan, because I think people need to understand that prior to this Republican Congress and President Bush being elected, there were surpluses. That means that folks were projecting, not a deficit, but money left over for things that we need to tackle.…”