Jim Jordan: “I will be brief and just point out this: we heard some of the terrible things that are going to happen if we keep the…”

“I will be brief and just point out this: we heard some of the terrible things that are going to happen if we keep the spending at the same level we had last year. The American people need to understand this, Madam Chair: $3.1 billion is what this bill spends. My amendment would say $3 billion, $3 billion to run the United States Congress. You ask American families that, they would probably say, you know, that is probably enough. They can probably get by on $3 billion versus $3.1 billion. That is all this does. As the gentleman from Texas pointed out, in the course of the appropriation bills we have been dealing with, this is fairly fiscally responsible. But $3 billion is enough to run the United States Congress. That is all this amendment would do, keep us where we are right now. Things are working fine now. Why can't we do that in the future?”