Deborah Koff Ross: “I thank our co-chair for policy of the Blue Dog Coalition Jim Cooper from Tennessee for his insight on these many…”

“I thank our co-chair for policy of the Blue Dog Coalition Jim Cooper from Tennessee for his insight on these many issues. And what I am so proud of is that we are not here to be partisan, we are not here to beat up the Republicans. We are here to hold them accountable for these out-of-control debts and deficits, but we are also here to offer up common sense solutions. Mr. Scott of Georgia talked about the Blue Dog backed accountability plan that will hold Federal agencies accountable when they cannot account for the taxpayer money that we provide them to assist taxpayers and to run our government on. He talked about our bill to make cabinet level secretaries go back to the Senate for reconfirmation when they fail to produce a clean audit. Mr. Cooper talked about our plan for a balanced budget. Forty-nine States require a balanced budget. I can assure you my wife requires a balanced budget at the Ross household in Prescott, Arkansas. My banker requires we have a balanced budget at our family-owned business back home in Prescott, Arkansas. And it is not asking too much for the United States of America to have a balanced budget, which is one of the 12 points that we have provided, that we have offered up, a 12-point plan for curing our Nation's addiction to deficit spending. Mr. Speaker, if you have any comments, questions or concerns about this special order this evening on accountability and common sense and fiscal discipline, I would encourage you to e-mail us, Mr.…”