Dan Burton: “I would just like to say, Mr. Speaker, that the comments of my colleague, the gentleman from New York [Mr. Solomon]…”

“I would just like to say, Mr. Speaker, that the comments of my colleague, the gentleman from New York [Mr. Solomon], chairman of the Committee on Rules, are not lost on the American people. They know that when you add $1.7 million, $10 million, $20 million, $50 million, pretty soon it starts adding up into some money. They get a little concerned about that. One of the reasons why the automatic continuing resolution provision at last year's spending level is so important is so we do not shut down Government, No. 1, putting a lot of people's jobs in jeopardy in the Federal work force, but in addition to that, to make sure that the big spenders in this place do not continue to escalate the cost of Government every single year, as they have in the past. If we cannot reach agreement on a spending bill, rather than shut down government, let us just fund it at last year's level for a while, 100 percent of last year's level. That is not bad. We are not hurting anybody. They are still getting their paychecks. Government goes on. We are not cutting anything, we are just not increasing it. So the American people ought to know very clearly which side of the aisle wants to continue to increase spending, increase spending, more, more, more, all the time.”