Todd Tiahrt: “it was an honor last night to sit in this Chamber and listen to all three of the President's speeches: The one to the…”

“it was an honor last night to sit in this Chamber and listen to all three of the President's speeches: The one to the Republicans, the one to the Democrats, and the one to the people. Clearly the President has heard the real State of the Union, which was given by the people last November 8. However, the President failed to comprehend how serious the people are about passing a balanced budget amendment with a strong tax limitation. Without a supermajority to raise taxes, Congress will be tempted to balance the books on the backs of working families and the middle class, and they just cannot afford for that to happen again. Instead, each of us needs to make a commitment to spend the people's money as if it were our own. We need to sit down in a bipartisan manner and get the scalpel out and begin to cut government. Like the President said last night, let us change the government; let us make it smaller, less costly, and smarter, leaner, not meaner. I am here because the people of Kansas wanted real change. Now let us put it into action. Let us given it to them, with a balanced budget amendment and a strong tax limitation.”