Angie Craig: “I was in the Chamber of the House last night for the State of the Union speech, and I was very disappointed when our…”

“I was in the Chamber of the House last night for the State of the Union speech, and I was very disappointed when our President used the old argument: well, if you are going to balance the budget, show us where you are going to cut. That is like saying to a man or a woman who is terribly overweight and they are just getting ready to start a diet, tell me every bite of food you are going to take over the next 4 or 5 years to lose all of your weight--every bite, every kind of food. You and I know that is not possible. What we do know, when someone announces they are on a diet and has consulted a doctor and is beginning to work, they have started a process, and they have begun to work toward a goal and they have put themselves on a regimentation. Mr. President, that is a phony argument, and you used it last night, and you know it is. Over the next 5 or 6 or 7 years, as the Senator from Wyoming spoke, as we balance the Federal budget, priorities may shift, they may change a little, and we may choose to spend less in one area and more in another because we have seen that is where the American citizenry needs their tax dollars spent.”