Pete Sessions: “Mr. Speaker, today we are recognizing the Cost of Government Day. Next week, Americans will have more than one reason to…”

“Mr. Speaker, today we are recognizing the Cost of Government Day. Next week, Americans will have more than one reason to celebrate the ideals of freedom and independence. July 3 is the day on which we will be free to work for ourselves instead of the Government because this is the Cost of Government Day in 1997. From January 1 to July 3, Americans will work to pay for all levels of government, plus the volumes of regulations brought into effect this last year. That is over half the year, or 183 days working to pay for the cost of government. The total cost of government this year translates into $13,500 for each man, woman, and child in America. Federal regulations consume at least $3,000 of that total. It is simply disgraceful to force the hard-working Americans in each of our districts to fork over half of their earnings to pay for government. I call on all Members to resolve to stop the chronic overspending and overregulating by supporting this cost of government resolution.”