Pete Sessions: “what we are engaged in here today is the debate that always takes place in Washington, and that is over how much money…”

“what we are engaged in here today is the debate that always takes place in Washington, and that is over how much money can we spend, how much bigger can we make government, and then how we are going to fight to try and save this country. The bottom line is there is no doubt that the choices today are clear. The President prefers the status quo. He prefers bigger government. And he prefers that the government be the answer or the solution to America's problems. Republicans place our faith in families, communities and the marketplace to solve our Nation's ills. This is just yet another chapter in the string of successes of what will be for this country and for the Republican Congress. Welfare reform, a balanced budget, and tax relief are all successes that this President and his party at one time or another fought vehemently and now campaign and act like they were their ideas. The bottom line is that the Republican Party offers a simple message. There is only one way to speak honestly to the American people, and it is called discipline. It is called dedicating 100 percent of Social Security dollars for Social Security and Medicare. The Republican plan dedicates 100 percent. The difference between 100 percent and 62 percent will be clear to the American public. There is one thing that Democrats do do and that is that they fully fund big government. Their budgets increase government spending across the board.”