Charles Wilson: “Mr. Speaker, the Blue Dogs stand for accountability. We stand for accountability in a lot of different ways. We feel…”

“Mr. Speaker, the Blue Dogs stand for accountability. We stand for accountability in a lot of different ways. We feel that there are some truly misguided priorities that are hurting our country and hurting us as people here. Mr. Speaker, just Sunday evening, millions of Americans watched ``60 Minutes.'' We heard what the Blue Dogs have been talking about for more than a decade. In the report, the U.S. Comptroller General, the Nation's top accountant, urged people to wake up to our budget crisis before it is too late. These are his words, Mr. Speaker. ``What's going on right now is we're spending more money than we make.'' Couldn't be much more simple. ``We're charging it to a credit card and expecting our grandchildren to pay.'' Mr. Speaker, that is absolutely wrong. The Comptroller General is absolutely right. Our fiscal mess is outrageous, and we as Blue Dogs stand for accountability. Reckless budgets and irresponsible spending has got us into the fix we are in, and now it is the responsibility of this Congress to help us get out.”