Ed Case: “this is a message to a group of my colleagues that I cannot find: moderate, fiscally responsible Republicans, colleagues…”

“this is a message to a group of my colleagues that I cannot find: moderate, fiscally responsible Republicans, colleagues whose views on our national budget, on fiscal integrity, on responsibility to our children are really no different from my own or the formers of this substitute. I know you are here. I have talked to you in the halls, on the floor, out on the road. I know that well over half of the people that we represent in this country think as we do and they are not all Democrats. I know that of the five budget alternatives on the floor today for us to choose from, this one represents your own views going away. I know you are outraged at the fact that this budget that this chair has put forward only goes out 5 years. I know you would never adopt a one-way PAYGO in your home or business. I know you are sick at a budget that strips resources away from veterans, education, health care and piles it with those that do not want for anything in our country. So here is my message to you: vote for this substitute. Vote for it because you know it is far and away the most responsible, affordable, balanced, fair and sustainable budget that is on the floor. Do not make this a partisan issue. Do not make it that. I would vote for a comparable substitute coming out of you.”