Cass Ballenger: “I would beg all the Members to roll up their pants. It looks like it is getting heavy around here. The party of bigger…”

“I would beg all the Members to roll up their pants. It looks like it is getting heavy around here. The party of bigger government and higher taxes disagrees with the party of less government and lower taxes. The party of bigger government and higher taxes is threatening to shut down the government if the party of less government and lower taxes stands firm against creating more big government, more Federal bureaucracy in Washington, D.C., more spending on Federal programs. Well, I got some news for the President and the party of bigger government and higher taxes. My constituents did not send me here to do exactly the opposite of what I have promised I would do. They sent me here to reduce the size of government, not expand it. They sent me here to cut the size of Federal bureaucracy, not make it bigger. They sent me here to give local schools more say over how they run their affairs, not less. They sent me here to make sure that the government lives within its means, not find new ways for government to get around its budget agreements. Regardless of the excuse the Democrat agenda is always the same, more spending and more government.”