Joe Pitts: “When George Bush became President, he promised the American people fiscal discipline; that he would limit the size of…”

“When George Bush became President, he promised the American people fiscal discipline; that he would limit the size of government; that they would get some of their money back in tax cuts and we would pay down the public debt. So far Congress has kept faith with the President, and we want to limit the size of government. Why are we getting such a huge increase to NEA? This controversial agency has not had a funding increase that big in almost 20 years. This is $10 million more than the President asked for. I urge my colleagues to do the right thing for fiscal restraint and support this amendment.”