John Drake: “Thank you, Congressman Price. I want to thank you for this effort, because this is a big effort to bring people together…”

“Thank you, Congressman Price. I want to thank you for this effort, because this is a big effort to bring people together to come and talk about America. I really chuckled when I heard Congresswoman Blackburn talk about Ronald Reagan's quote, that no program has eternal life like a Federal program. You will remember, in the President's budget last year, in our very first year as freshmen here, that he did propose cuts in programs, and he has proposed cuts in programs this year. The theory behind that is there is no way to end programs without making very, very hard choices. But I do admire that the President and this Congress are willing to look at does a program work, what are the results, and how could that money be used if it were used somewhere else. There are two things that I hear back home, and one is, when are you going to balance the budget, and when are you going to control spending? But then, of course, if a program is cut, the next thing I hear is, why was that program cut? Of course, you and I understand, when we say cut, now, with these programs, we are talking about cutting. But usually when someone says something was cut, they usually mean it is a reduction in the growth of spending. I think that is clear that we need to talk about that so the public does not believe that there has actually been a reduction.…”