Marsha Blackburn: “I find it so interesting that this is called a ``meat-ax approach.'' Yes, I do come regularly to offer these amendments…”

“I find it so interesting that this is called a ``meat-ax approach.'' Yes, I do come regularly to offer these amendments, because I care what happens with our Nation. I care about our future, and I want to make certain that we are on solid financial footing. We have a responsibility to be good stewards of the taxpayers' money. It is their money. To say this is mindless and easy, how interesting that is. Go tell all of the Governors from coast to coast--Democrat and Republican--who use across-the-board spending cuts to get budgets in balance. Tell that to mayors who use this same process. The reason it is done is it works. It helps the bureaucracy hold itself accountable, and that is absolutely what we ought to be doing at this point in time. As you can see, cutting is a very emotional issue. Cutting brings forward a lot of emotions. Talking about doing more with less, being resourceful, that is what we should do every single day. In order to be a good steward of the taxpayers' money, we should want to do more with less. We should do it in the name of freedom, for freedom's sake--for the sovereignty of this Nation. Ill-conceived and unrealistic? When is operating by a balanced budget and spending and living within the means the taxpayers have said they are going to have for this Federal Government ever considered ill- conceived? When would it be considered unrealistic? It is what we ought to be doing.…”