On the recordMay 19, 2010
I thank my colleague and the gentleman from Georgia, and I appreciate you bringing this issue to the forefront because what we're talking about here is responsibility. And Speaker Pelosi, when she took the gavel 3 rac{1}{2} years ago--she's been Speaker for 3 rac{1}{2} years--and they talked about doing things differently. They laid out all kinds of promises. They bashed Republicans for being fiscally irresponsible. And yet all we've seen from Speaker Pelosi and her liberal lieutenants who are running this Congress is spending at unprecedented levels. This year a trillion and a half dollars. They're breaking records every day on deficit spending that is being dumped onto the backs of our children and our grandchildren, denying opportunity to the next generation. And yet when you look at what families are doing across this country--these are tough economic times. People are looking to Washington saying, Where are the jobs? Why isn't Washington focused on creating jobs? And we've come up with ideas and solutions that we've put on the table to create jobs, to cut taxes, things that have been proven to work to get the economy back on track, and every time we've been turned away. And yet when families are tightening their belts, they're pulling back. They're cutting their budgets. Our States: in Louisiana, in my State, we've got a Governor right now, our Governor's cutting the budget to balance it.
