Virginia Foxx: “I was struck by the fact that many of our colleagues across the aisle have obviously been on the road to Damascus lately…”

“I was struck by the fact that many of our colleagues across the aisle have obviously been on the road to Damascus lately because all of a sudden, after running up the largest deficit in the history of this country, we are borrowing 43 cents for every dollar we spend, we have a $1.5 trillion deficit. After helping to do that, suddenly we see Democrat amendments to cut spending. Obviously, some people on the other side of the aisle are paying attention to what most of the American people are saying. In fact, 95 percent of the people in my district think that spending is the biggest problem facing this country. I think this is a very cynical, very cynical ploy, one of many practiced by colleagues across the aisle to make it look like they are doing something that they aren't, which is to pay attention to cutting spending. We need to vote down this rule.”