On the recordMarch 17, 2011
Let me wish everyone a happy St. Patty's Day. It is unfortunate that we have so much effort here in the House to recite the problem rather than to focus on solutions. We hear this discussion about our national debt. We have these paltry efforts. We cut $6 billion on the same day that the debt went up $72 billion. We have a proposal by the majority to address the debt by cutting 1\1/2\ percent out of a small corner of the budget, doing serious damage to our Nation's efforts in education and science and innovation. I would hope that we would think for a minute about what we could actually do to take America's exceptional past and create a real roadmap for our Nation's future, ensuring it on a fiscal footing that will be stronger. I have introduced this morning H.R. 1125. It is a proposal to address the Nation's debt and create a debt-free America. I invite the House to debate on it. ____________________
