Scott Garrett: “If we see our role here in Congress as to satisfy every desire, wish, whim... then of course that wish list or the…”

“If we see our role here in Congress as to satisfy every desire, wish, whim... then of course that wish list or the desire list or that need list would go on ad infinitum. Then we can become here, as one may say, as the 51st State, the 51st State legislature, trying to solve every single issue... Obviously, some of these things are quite vital to you and I and our constituents, but the question is where do those dollars and cents come from, where do the responsibilities lie? If we are going to assume at all, then I can tell you that this budget is going to balloon even further than where the Democrats already want the budget to balloon. But it is... an issue of setting priorities, and part of setting priorities is setting what are our responsibilities.”