Kendrick Meek: “There are so many people, so many countries, questionable and nonquestionable, ally and non-ally, Madam Speaker, that…”

“There are so many people, so many countries, questionable and nonquestionable, ally and non-ally, Madam Speaker, that have a part of the American apple pie. China. There are a lot of concerns about China. Red China, Communist China. Guess what? In the shining example of a democracy, they own $249.8 billion of our debt. They have it. Taiwan, a lot of things are made there in Taiwan. $71.3 billion in Taiwan that they own of U.S. debt. Japan. You heard of Japan and we just finished talking about Japan, $682.8 billion. Now, Mr. Ryan, if you were to take all of the State budgets, Ms. Wasserman Schultz, and all of us, you were a senator, State senator, Ms. Wasserman Schultz and I were State Senators once upon a time, we understand State budgets. They have to balance. But I guarantee you can put all of the State budgets together in the United States, including Alaska and Puerto Rico and Hawaii, you name it. It doesn't total up to the amount of debt that Japan owns of the United States, which is the $682.8 billion. Now, that is history and that is the present. The only one way we can have a paradigm shift, Ms. Wasserman Schultz, is to do what Mr. Ryan talked about earlier. We share with the Members, time, examples, page, routing numbers, all of those things that the American people and these Members and the Republican Members can go back and see where we have tried to stop them from doing this. You pay as you go, like you said.…”