Jeb Hensarling: “Again it is obvious that those on the other side of the aisle, the Democrats that we are trying to work with, somehow…”

“Again it is obvious that those on the other side of the aisle, the Democrats that we are trying to work with, somehow believe that we do not have enough government, that somehow there is no room for reform in the Federal budget. Again, this chart shows that beginning in 1990 up to the present, that Washington is now spending over $22,000 per household. This is for only the fourth time in the entire history of the United States of America that the Federal Government has spent this much money. It is the first time since World War II, yet the Democrats say there is no room for reform in the Federal budget; that instead we need to increase taxes on hard-working American families, or, even worse, that we somehow have to pass on more debt to our children. Mr. Speaker, we can do better. And, Mr. Speaker, this simply amplifies the point, when you think about families, and I think about them in my district back in Dallas and in east Texas, who work hard for a living, some small businesspeople who have gone out to risk capital and start a new business and maybe employ three or four people, look at what has happened in the last 10 years. You see the family budget, median family income for a family of four has risen from roughly $45,000 to $62,000. That is this line here, Mr. Speaker. But look at the same time what has happened to the Federal budget? We have gone from about $1.6 trillion in 10 years to almost $2.5 trillion.…”