NAN A. S. HAYWORTH: “I thank the Speaker. We will try to restore some order. Mr. Speaker, perhaps the reason why we see such vociferous…”

“I thank the Speaker. We will try to restore some order. Mr. Speaker, perhaps the reason why we see such vociferous protests is because, even in good conscience, my friends on the left cannot abide the fear and smear they are offering this morning. Now, some of my friends on the left wonder aloud, why this is brought to the floor? Let me attempt to inform them. You see, friends, and Mr. Speaker, it is because words mean something. When the President of the United States came and spoke from the podium behind me here, he offered a budgetary plan that really, in terms of oratory, was a wonderfully crafted speech with all the poll data and all of the driven rhetorical phrases to offer empathy and concern for the American people. But, you see, we are compelled to go beyond words to check the costs. And in the words of the chairman of the Committee on Appropriations, my friend from Louisiana, our President promised everything but stronger shoelaces in that State of the Union message. So if he is going to promise, he has got to follow through with a price tag.”