Jeb Hensarling: “We should obviously inform our Democrat colleagues that last I looked, the IRS takes voluntary contributions. So if they…”

“We should obviously inform our Democrat colleagues that last I looked, the IRS takes voluntary contributions. So if they don't believe their taxes are high enough, if they don't believe the taxes of their constituents are high enough, they can simply add a zero to that line on the 1040 and send in more. They somehow act that there is a revenue deficiency in Washington, DC. I don't know how much government spending is enough, but just looking over about the last 10 years, I see where the agricultural budget has increased 126 percent, the Federal transportation budget, 97 percent, the education budget, 75 percent, Medicare has increased 137 percent, all at the same time where the family budget has increased about 36 percent. The Federal budget is outpacing the family budget by 3 to 1, 4 to 1. That cannot continue. So, again, we come back to the basic question. Is Washington spending too much, or are the American people undertaxed? I think the gentleman from Alabama has hit the nail on the head.”