W. Todd Akin: “in these days of ongoing concern about corporate accountability and the way that we handle money and the way we describe…”

“in these days of ongoing concern about corporate accountability and the way that we handle money and the way we describe money, one would think that fiscal responsibility would be our general practice. The rhetoric has been particularly shrill, I have noticed from the Democrats, screaming about wanting fiscal responsibility; and yet it does not seem like we are consistent here somehow today. First of all, the fact is that Federal law requires the Senate to pass a budget resolution. The fact is that the Senate has not passed a resolution for the first time in 20 years. The resolution before us is consistent with fiscal responsibility. If we take a look at where we are, every person in our country owes $12,000. That is not good fiscal responsibility. The proposal before us is going to cut that $12,000 down by 2; at least it is going in the right direction. The Democrat plan from the Senate side says $5,000 more we are going to spend. That is not fiscal responsibility. The simple facts are that we have a very simple plan that is being proposed by the Democrats: if you cannot afford it, just charge it. It is simple, but it is not fiscally responsible. Mr. Speaker, we need to pass this CR and move our country ahead.”