On the recordJune 30, 2010
In Scripture, Proverbs tells us a good man leaves an inheritance to his children's children. And the inheritance we're leaving to our children's children is a mound of debt that they'll know we'll never overcome. We've got to stop the spending here in Washington. We have to stop this outrageous growth of the Federal Government--outrageous, unacceptable to the American people--robbing our children and our grandchildren not only of their economic future but also of their freedom. And that's exactly what we're doing here in this Congress. And it all started with the TARP funds that President Bush and Hank Paulsen pushed through. I voted against those TARP funds in 2007. I guess it was in 2008 when it was pressed forward by President Bush and he was wrong and I voted against him, and many Republicans did at the same time, voted against him. But it has been magnified. It has been grown at a tremendous exponential rate: the red ink, the debt, the spending. And I think the reason we're not going to vote on a budget, not even have a proposed budget by the Congress, is because this majority does not want any constraints on their spending.
