Jack Kingston: “as a father of four kids, I have Betsy who is 13, John who is 11, and I have Ann who is 8 and Jim who is 6, I am very…”

“as a father of four kids, I have Betsy who is 13, John who is 11, and I have Ann who is 8 and Jim who is 6, I am very, very concerned about their future. We are working real hard with them on their homework, teaching them math and English and all the good stuff children all over America are doing, but one thing that is very scary to me as I put them to bed every night is that I know looming out there in the future is this dark cloud of the national debt: $5.1 trillion already. Now we have a President who says he will support a balanced budget amendment, and then he submits a budget that is not even balanced. The Clinton budget in the year 2002 has a $69 billion deficit, and all the savings there are are on the back end, far after he has left the White House. Mr. Speaker, I ask the President to please come forward, think about not just my kids, think about all the children in America. Let us really do something for the youth of America and balance the budget and quit spending their money.”