Nick Smith: “In fact, most States have the requirement of a balanced budget. So it is a shame that the United States that is…”

How do we change? How do we develop the kind of discipline, intestinal fortitude to start slowing down this huge growth of government to the extent that we have decided we will simply borrow more and more money to take home to our…

And, Mr. Speaker, of course the lobbyists that come in, they would prefer that it be mandatory spending; so some of these programs, if they can write it in law that if they meet certain qualifications, they automatically get it and it does…

It is a whole different 1-hour debate and discussion; but just, for example, one country, we have $100 billion deficit trade with China, and what does China do with that extra $100 billion? They probably invest it in our companies, or buy…

I think it is appropriate to mention the only reason this really came to the forefront and has become an issue is because the Election Assistance Commission Chairman, DeForest Soaries, proposed a possibility of a policy for allowing the…