On the recordJanuary 10, 2017
I serve a wonderful part of the world. With all due respect to all the other Members of Congress, I do believe it is one of the fairest in the country. As I go around and travel, one of the things I have not heard, Mr. Speaker--and I am not sure if you have or other Members sitting here--I have never been hit, when I run into something saying the fact that government is efficient, and I am really wanting it to be efficient in a sense that it is working for me. It is a very obvious statement here, and what we see time after time after time after time is rules and regulations that most of the American folks are saying: Government, do what you are supposed to be doing. Get us back on a fiscal financial path that is solid, that balances, that gets us back in understanding that we can't spend more than what we make or bring in, and that we have to have a strong national defense. Let's get back to the things that make America the shining light all around the world. One of the things I do not hear them asking me to do, Mr. Speaker, is make it easier on bureaucrats in Washington. I have not had them beg and bring petitions to my table and say: Please make it easier on bureaucrats to run our lives. That is not what we do. What we are trying to do is simply say: Let's get up, go out to work, do the regulations that matter. Make sure that government does what it is supposed to do.…
