Ed Whitfield actually said...

It would give appropriators and authorizers more time for oversight.

While the White House says we are on the road to economic recovery, working families in my District... are still struggling.

And as a result of that, in my view, we end up exacerbating a lot of problems with authorizing legislation.

The national debt, which has skyrocketed over the past few years, reaching almost $14.2 trillion today.