Jeff Landry: “When I ran for this office, I didn't run to get a job. I ran to create jobs. I know that there is a new poll out there…”

“When I ran for this office, I didn't run to get a job. I ran to create jobs. I know that there is a new poll out there, supposedly, that tells us that a vast majority of Independents wants us to compromise for a deal; but the question which all of the Members of this House should poll their constituents and the American people on is whether or not they want this Congress to compromise their country for a deal. Do we compromise our country for the sake of simply getting a deal? I also ran to uphold the Constitution. I supported Cut, Cap, and Balance. It is the compromise that I came here to make. I compromised in agreeing to raise the debt ceiling if we get real cuts, if we cap our spending and if we do what a vast majority of the States in this country do--and that is to have a balanced budget amendment. What is so wrong with this balanced budget amendment? It's hard for me to understand, Mr. Speaker. Then along comes the Gang of Six. Let's see what the Gang of Six has. Part one is that they cut $500 billion in gimmicks compared to our real cuts. How do they cut $500 billion? Part of it is by changing the CPI formula and indexing for Social Security. Only in this city does the law of mathematics not work. You see, when I was in the second grade, I was taught that 2 + 2 is 4 and that 2 2 is 4. That hasn't changed. It's still that today. But in this town, when you get inside this Beltway, mathematics is different.…”