Tom Latham: “What a difference a new Congress makes. We have seen in the last 4 years on the Appropriations Committee a lack of any…”

“What a difference a new Congress makes. We have seen in the last 4 years on the Appropriations Committee a lack of any kind of transparent open process. This last year on the other side of the aisle when they were in control, they didn't even pass a budget, a blueprint for spending. And that is why this year, Mr. Speaker, we have a $1.65 trillion deficit. One year, $1.65 trillion. We can't continue. The President's budget that he brought up, which is not just dead on arrival, it is debt on arrival, what this says is that we are going to double the privately held national debt, another $7 trillion. This is not fiscal restraint. This is not sanity. I have four grandchildren, and the reason I am here is to make sure that they have a future. We cannot continue this outrageous spending that is going on in Washington. This thing has totally grown way beyond what is comprehensible by any normal person. That is why, Mr. Speaker, this is the first step to bring some fiscal sanity back to Washington, D.C.”