Blake Moore: “I thank the gentleman from Hawaii for yielding. I really appreciate this opportunity. Mr. Speaker, I rise alongside a…”

“I thank the gentleman from Hawaii for yielding. I really appreciate this opportunity. Mr. Speaker, I rise alongside a bipartisan group of colleagues to discuss our Nation's greatest threat: the unsustainable deficit and spiraling national debt. I thank my friend, Congressman Case, for hosting this Special Order this evening and for his continued leadership on the Bipartisan Fiscal Forum. Today, our gross national debt exceeds $35 trillion. Our budget deficit is expected to reach $1.9 trillion this year. Spending on interest payments just to service our debt will surpass what we spend on Medicare and national defense each, individually. This is the grave reality of our fiscal situation. As we all know, this is not an easy issue, and it is a problem created by both parties. Durable and lasting solutions will likewise require bipartisan partnership to address these difficult budgetary realities. I am grateful for groups like the Bipartisan Fiscal Forum, where Members who recognize the catastrophic threat posed by our fiscal state come together to elevate this issue and find commonsense solutions. As a father of four boys, this issue is deeply personal to me. I want my sons' generation to have the same chance at the American Dream that previous generations have had.…”