Ann Marie Buerkle: “I thank the gentleman from Wisconsin for yielding me this time. Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of H.R. 2560, the Cut…”

“I thank the gentleman from Wisconsin for yielding me this time. Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of H.R. 2560, the Cut, Cap, and Balance Act. This legislation is strong medicine, Mr. Speaker, but it is what will cure what ails the American economy. For far too long, Washington has overspent, borrowed, and heaped debt upon our children and our future children. If we don't make a change with cut, cap, and balance now, the American Dream will go away; and our children and our grandchildren won't have the opportunities that this country has always offered. It's time for the Federal Government to get our spending under control; and this legislation, Mr. Speaker, is a good first step. It's a reasonable plan, far more than we've seen from the Senate or from the President. It is the only plan that will cut, cap, and balance, and do what we need to do for this economy. Mr. Speaker, Washington has a spending problem. It does not have a taxing problem. I would just remind the Speaker, in December, a Democratic-controlled House, a Democratic-controlled Senate, and a Democratic President passed a bill to extend the current tax rates because they knew what would happen if we raised taxes in an economy as sluggish and as poor as this one is right now. Raising taxes is the wrong thing to do for this economy and for this country. Mr. Speaker, most States have balanced budget amendments. It's time for the Federal Government to do the same.…”