James Barrett: “Exactly. And as the gentleman from California knows, we had an empty jar, a big empty jar in our committee to illustrate…”

“Exactly. And as the gentleman from California knows, we had an empty jar, a big empty jar in our committee to illustrate that view. One of the ways that the Democrats in their budget spend more money is they set up this empty reserve fund to be funded later, that the committees and the agencies and organizations can draw money out to spend more money, but yet there is no money in the reserve fund to spend. So you talk about a shell game. It is a shell game at its finest. One of the things that I was proud of several weeks ago, I guess maybe it was 2 weeks ago, I was proud to be part of an RSC, the Republican Study Committee, a press conference that we had to talk about a Taxpayer Bill of Rights. And, Madam Speaker, what we are talking about here is giving the taxpayers across the country more accountability for their government. Four simple things, things that we have talked about and things that we would like to see come to fruition. Let me tell you what they are. Taxpayers should have the right to a Federal government that does not grow beyond their ability to pay for it. I don't think we see that in this budget, Madam Speaker. Taxpayers should have the right to receive back every dollar they entrust to the government for their retirement. It is incredible what we have done and what we are continuing to do, Madam Speaker, in this Democratic budget. Number three, taxpayers have a right to expect the government to balance the budget without having their taxes raised.”