Tim Ryan: “A big piece of the American pie. And I think we were talking the other day, it is over $300 billion a year this country…”

“A big piece of the American pie. And I think we were talking the other day, it is over $300 billion a year this country pays just in interest payments on the debt. The average American, the average Member of Congress is not paying attention to our $8 trillion debt that we have. That means $27,000 per American citizen. So if a baby is born today, I had a nephew that was born a couple of months ago, 9 weeks ago tomorrow. That young man, Nicholas John Ryan, owes $27,000 to his government, and this young man is 9 weeks old. The gentleman from Florida (Mr. Meek) and the gentlewoman from Florida (Ms. Wasserman Schultz), the gentleman from Massachusetts (Mr. Delahunt), they each owe $27,000 to the United States Government because of the reckless spending that we have. So, you know, we have really got to get our house in order. We need to balance the budget. Ladies and gentlemen, Members of Congress, my friends from Florida, you just cannot do it by giving away $80 billion to the wealthiest people in the country in the form of a tax cut. {time} 1715 We also have two wars going on.”