Roy Blunt: “I am pleased to have a chance to talk about the work I think we should be doing this week and surely will do in the…”

“I am pleased to have a chance to talk about the work I think we should be doing this week and surely will do in the weeks to come. We are really discussing who we are going to be as a country, what model we are going to follow. Are we going to continue to be a country that believes we need to help create opportunity or are we going to be a country that believes the government needs to continue to accept more and more of the challenges of life? Our debt today is over $14 trillion, and apparently that is not enough, so every discussion in Washington, including some that you are in, is focusing around the idea of how do we get even more ability to borrow more money so we can pay off the money we have already borrowed. There are 13 million Americans out of work today, looking for a job, and during that process we continue to spend money we don't have for things we don't have to have. I think we ought to be focused totally on two things domestically right now. At the top of every list should be what do we do to create more private sector jobs and how do we get Federal spending under control. The Federal Government doesn't create private sector jobs in very many instances. By the way, if we are going to have something we are going to be paying for 30 years, I hope we are investing in something that will last for 30 years.…”