On the recordDecember 20, 2011
I thank the gentleman from Georgia for his excellent work on House Resolution 501, which expresses what we as Republicans stand for as we fight to provide accountability for hardworking American taxpayers. {time} 1440 We are for certainty for these taxpayers. We are for unemployment insurance reforms. We are for freezing Federal salaries. We are for certainty for our seniors. We are for fairness for our doctors and hospitals. We are for jobs for the American people in the form of the Keystone XL pipeline, in the form of Boiler MACT, and the other bills that will help put thousands of Americans back to work. We all know that Washington takes too much and Washington wastes a lot of the money that it takes, and the American people want to see more of that money left in their pocket. Indeed, Mr. Speaker, part of the debate that is taking place today is about a transition that we are going through, and House Republicans are grateful for the opportunity to lead this transition from a government that is addicted to the taxpayers' money--yes, indeed, it never gets enough--to a government that is going to be accountable to the hardworking American taxpayer. Now, for some of my colleagues, they may want to call that ``radical.'' They may want to call it ``extreme.'' They may want to say that it is holding ideas hostage. It is about freedom. We stand with hardworking taxpayers.
