Kevin Brady: “Some people have a short memory around here. I do believe that reducing the debt, restraining spending is a bipartisan…”

“Some people have a short memory around here. I do believe that reducing the debt, restraining spending is a bipartisan effort. We have to work together. But I recall my friends on the Democratic side, when Republicans proposed a Medicare drug plan of around $400 billion, our friends on the Democrat side proposed a plan of $968 billion. We did not spend too little; they wanted to spend more. When we talked about unemployment extensions, they increased it $30 billion over the Republican plan. It was not that we were spending too little; they wanted to spend more. And when we talked about welfare reform and the need to move people to work, they added $52 billion, my Democratic colleagues, so concerned about the debt. It was not that we were spending too little; they wanted to spend more. ... Do you also have the moral obligation to pay for it? Today, the issue is are we going to pay the bills of America, pay for the spending that has been incurred and take responsibility for our own actions?”