Marshall Sanford: “I thank my colleague. I rise in respectful opposition to the CBC budget for the reasons that my colleague from…”

“I thank my colleague. I rise in respectful opposition to the CBC budget for the reasons that my colleague from California just enumerated. I have listened to this debate over the last few minutes, and the Ryan budget has been called a draconian budget, a phony budget, an extreme budget, a reckless budget, a heat-seeking missile aimed at the American public budget, but what it has not been recognized as is a brave budget. And I say that because it gets at what no other budget in this process gets at, which is entitlement spending. The President's budget doesn't. The CBC budget doesn't. The Democratic alternative doesn't. The Progressive budget doesn't. It's only this budget that really begins to address the elephant in the room. Is it perfect? No. Will I vote against some of the appropriations bills that come along in its wake? I suspect, yes. {time} 1600 But it has been said that a journey of a thousand miles begins with that first step. And to the credit of the Ryan--the Republican budget, it begins that first step at addressing entitlement reform in a way that has not been the case because, to do nothing would, indeed, be to launch a heat-seeking missile into the pocketbook, the wallet, the purse of every American as we wait for the day of reckoning to occur, which is 2025. In 2025, there will only be enough money for interest and entitlements and nothing else.…”