On the recordFebruary 13, 2015
I thank the gentleman for yielding. The gentleman is exactly right. By the way, while I am at it, let me just say that the gentleman from Georgia (Mr. Woodall), in my humble opinion, is a blessing not only for this Congress and for the people of Georgia but for this country because of the tenacity you bring, the energy you bring. If I had a list of all the pieces of legislation, all the things that we have gotten done around here for the last 4 years that you and I have been in here, that you have had your fingers on, that you weren't mentioned about, the work you have done behind the scenes, that list would be very long and would probably go out these doors. One of the things that you have done, that we have done together, is for the first time since the Korean war, we have cut discretionary spending 4 years in a row. It hasn't been done since the Korean war. {time} 1200 Now, as you pointed out in earlier slides, there is a lot more work to do, and we are going to continue to get to it. We need a partner at some point. We need people to put on what I call their big boy pants and their big girl skirts and get to the bottom of this, and that is getting to a balanced budget. I will tell you that this pie chart is very good. You are exactly right. Mr. Speaker, Mr. Woodall is exactly right. The two blue pieces that we pull out for you in this pie chart are what you would get at in a traditional, regular budget process.…
