Bill Flores

the best social program ever designed by man to combat poverty is a private sector paycheck.

I thank my colleague, Mr. McClintock. Mr. Chairman, the Progressive Caucus budget amendment creates devastating cuts to our Nation's defense. Our Federal Government's primary responsibility under the Constitution is to provide for the…

The reason I am bringing this question up is we are reviewing your funding request.

significant initial investment of both human and financial resources

There are several of us in this Congress that have your back when it comes to the sequester.

The assumptions that have come out in each of your reports assume a virtually unlimited ability of the federal government to finance the unified deficits.

The bottom line is the law says that they will be financed, the federal law, but we have not taken into account the laws of economics.

I think the logic of the American people would suggest that private sector solution will be much better than a government-imposed solution.

Let's grow the economy. Let's make the Federal Government small and make the private sector large.

So why would a budget be prepared that would kick the can down the road?

I came from a perfectly good job in the private sector, and things were happening here that I thought were going to damage the future of my family.

Would you please send me a response to my question about what percentage the top 2 percent will pay of the total taxes under your formula?

Why does government do it better? Chairman Bernanke, last week, of the Federal Reserve, said that the private sector generally invests better.

A map submitted for the record by The Honorable Bill Flores follows:

The President's budget spends $47 trillion over the next 10 years. That is 1.5 trillion more than he proposed to spend last year.

The President's budget fails to address the fiscal crisis. It ignores his competitiveness council recommendations, ignores the deficit commission recommendations.

The President's budget adds $1.9 trillion in new taxes and fees, none of which will create new jobs.

It is not balanced. It will create winners and losers.

Just overall I am disappointed in the budget. It fails to address the president's competitiveness council that deals with jobs.

Do we have a problem with the regulations and the process and the rules, or do we have a problem with the culture of the bureaucracy?

I thank my friend from Colorado, and you're exactly right. I do have extensive experience in the oil and gas business and also in the energy service business. So I know firsthand the impact on jobs and American energy security that having…

We're going to have to work with the VA somehow to try to figure out how do we fix the culture.

Would it be helpful for us to write a letter to direct them that--to seek that help?

I thank the gentleman. Mr. Chairman, although the Obama administration may tout signs that the economy is improving, we are still way below past economic recoveries. The reality is the economy is growing too slowly and not creating enough…

I mean, that one is pretty obvious at face value that the federal government does a pretty poor job of allocating resources?