George Holding: “In just a few short months, we will again find ourselves debating how to not shut down the Federal Government. Our…”

“In just a few short months, we will again find ourselves debating how to not shut down the Federal Government. Our Nation's fiscal woes are not temporary. In fact, they have plagued us for many years, and we have got to stop trying to solve these problems with temporary solutions. The fact is, Mr. Speaker, we are now $17 trillion in debt, and our government continues to spend and spend and spend. Last Thursday, our Nation's debt jumped $328 billion in just 1 day. This surpassed the previous high set 2 years ago by over $100 billion. It is time Congress breaks this pattern. We do not want to be a Nation drowning in debt but, rather, one of economic leadership throughout the world, pro- growth policies. Mr. Speaker, we simply cannot borrow 40 cents of every dollar we spend. It is simply not the way to run a government, a business, or a family budget. Yet the Federal Government continues to borrow without addressing what got us here in the first place, which is out-of-control spending. Mr. Speaker, the deal agreed to last week didn't do a single thing to cut spending or tackle the real drivers of our debt; and if we do not change this, we will never get ourselves out of the fiscal rut but, instead, find ourselves repeating history over and over and over again, governing and spending by continuing resolutions.…”