Jack Kingston: “2 years ago on the lectern to my right behind me, the President stood up and said the era of big government is over.…”

“2 years ago on the lectern to my right behind me, the President stood up and said the era of big government is over. Hence, enter into, I guess, the era of the smaller government. And then this week, as he announced his new $100 billion increase- spending budget, he said we are at the end of an era. So I guess what the President was saying is that the era of big government being over only lasted 2 years, or about 23 months if we are counting. What else does he say in this new era? Nationalize health care; nationalize Federal day care programs; expansion of the sinking Medicare program, causing more problems for our Nation's seniors; and, of course, paying millions and millions of dollars to that favorite U.N. organization. We in the Republican party hate to see the era of smaller government being over with. We think that it should continue. We support smaller government and lower taxes; stronger families, not a stronger Washington bureaucracy. We support a stronger military, not a stronger Saddam Hussein. We support stronger local governments and less influence outside of Washington.”