NAN A. S. HAYWORTH: “Mr. Speaker, I believe a common definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a…”

“Mr. Speaker, I believe a common definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different outcome. And if we take a look at the history of the late 20th century, when this House was in different hands, Mr. Speaker, the folks on the left spent and spent and spent and spent and spent some more and raided Social Security and took everything not nailed down and added inflation and did the whole thing, the whole bit, spending money we did not have and yet would return home, Mr. Speaker, to talk about the importance of debt relief. Let no one be mistaken. This is not delusional. This is not pretend. It is not a political stunt. Mr. Speaker, for the first time since 1916 we are voting to lower the debt ceiling. We have heard loud and clear from our constituents that they are tired of seeing deficit spending; that as we have put our House in order, by reducing taxes and thereby increasing revenues to the Federal Government, by actually generating more business in the free market and more commerce, at the same time we need to get our fiscal House in order and the gentleman from Kentucky has offered a device to do exactly that.”