Jeb Hensarling: “It is interesting. Rarely do you come to the House floor that somebody says, don't you have compassion? Don't you want…”

“It is interesting. Rarely do you come to the House floor that somebody says, don't you have compassion? Don't you want to take money away from this American family and hand it over to this program over here? And, again, I want our society to spend more money on education. I want them to spend more money on health care. I want them to spend more money on housing. I'm just not indifferent as to who does the spending. I want American families to do the spending. They want the Federal Government bureaucrats to do the spending after taking a huge hair cut for all the waste and fraud and abuse and duplication that takes place in the Nation's Capitol. What I hear from my constituents, and I have the great honor of representing the Fifth Congressional District of Texas, which is Dallas and east Texas, and I hear from people like the Kirkendahls in Garland who wrote me: ``Congressman, at this point, between taxes and utilities we are at the breaking point of being able to keep a home. If we have an increase of over $2,000 per year in taxes, it may well be the straw that broke the camel's back.'' Well, where is the Democratic compassion for the Kirkendahl family as they try to keep their home? I heard from the Taylor family in Forney, Texas also in my district: ``Dear Congressman, I'm on the verge of foreclosure after 15 years in my house. I won't be able to make it if taxes continue to rise.'' Well, where is this Democrat compassion for the Taylor family in Forney?”