Rob Andrews: “Mr. Speaker, these are very troubling days in the Congress of the United States of America, because we are engaging…”

“Mr. Speaker, these are very troubling days in the Congress of the United States of America, because we are engaging virtually every day in the easy part of government. It is really easy to come to this floor and spend more money on things that people like, whether it is defense contracts that put people to work, or highway projects that make the traffic flow more easily, or cleanup of toxic waste dumps or more financial aid for colleges and universities. It is easy to do that, and it is great to go home and take credit for it. It is even easier to stand on the floor of the House and vote to lower people's taxes. There is not a constituent in America that I can think of that does not like to hear us come home and say we just lowered their taxes. What we are engaging in here is an act of economic malpractice against the people of this country. For every $100 dollars that this government spends, we borrow $30. We borrow $30 for every $100 we spend around here.”