Tim Ryan: “So let us look at this. We talked about two things basically tonight. We talked about the ports and the debt ceiling. On…”

“So let us look at this. We talked about two things basically tonight. We talked about the ports and the debt ceiling. On the port deal, to try to increase spending, the Democrats offered, I don't know, a dozen different amendments to try to increase funding from U.S. ports, and each time the Republican majority shot our idea down. We had ideas. We offered solutions. The Republican majority, Mr. Speaker, shot us down. Ms. Wasserman Schultz just talked about the pay- as-you-go system, where if you pay more for a program, you have to find money somewhere. You have to raise revenue or cut spending, but you have to pay for it so we don't have to borrow from all these foreign countries. Former Member Mr. Stenholm offered an amendment to try to implement PAYGO rules into the budget process. Mr. Thompson from California tried to do it, Mr. Moore from Kansas tried to do it, and Mr. Spratt tried to do it on numerous occasions, to implement pay-as-you-go rules to try to constrain the reckless spending from our Republican colleagues, Mr. Speaker. And in each instance, Mr. Meek, Ms. Wasserman Schultz, it was the Republican majority who said we will not accept fiscal discipline, we will not accept increased funding for our ports; and the Democrats were the party offering the ideas and offering the amendments time and time and time and time again to prevent this from happening, where we owe Japan $682 billion, we owe China $250 billion, and we owe OPEC countries, Mr. Meek, $67.8 billion.…”