Jeb Hensarling: “after Hurricane Katrina and Hurricane Rita, we must ensure that a great natural disaster of this generation does not…”

“after Hurricane Katrina and Hurricane Rita, we must ensure that a great natural disaster of this generation does not turn into a great fiscal disaster for the next. To pay for Federal hurricane relief, there are only one of three places that the money can come from: Raising taxes on the American people, passing even more debt on to our children, or to actually reduce the growth of Federal spending by reforming programs and prioritizing spending. Democrats want to raise taxes and thus destroy jobs. They want to inflate the Federal budget and thus decimate the family budget. They accuse us of being fiscally irresponsible, but every time we pass a budget, they offer a substitute that spends billions and billions more. They claim our budget policies hurt the poor, but we instead have reduced the ranks of the poor by helping create 4.1 million new jobs so families can increase spending on housing and health care. Compassion for the poor is measured by the number of jobs you create, not the number of government checks you write. ____________________”