Mark Neumann: “I rise this morning and I would like to use my 1 minute to provide a positive vision for the future of this great…”

“I rise this morning and I would like to use my 1 minute to provide a positive vision for the future of this great country that we live in. The first part of that vision would include the Republican-led Congress working with their counterparts on the other side of the aisle to fulfill our promises of 1995. We promised the American people a balanced budget so our children could look forward to living the American dream in this great country. But the promise cannot end there and the vision cannot end there. After we get to a balanced budget, we still have a $5 trillion debt, which means our families are paying $500 a month to do nothing but pay the interest on that debt. So this vision, it needs to be bigger than just balancing the budget, it needs to go to the point of paying off that Federal debt so our families no longer need to send $500 a month to Washington; they can keep it in their own households instead. When we pay down that debt, the money goes back into the Social Security trust fund as well so our seniors can rest assured the money is there. So I rise this morning to bring our vision for the future of this great country to the American people. Our vision includes a balanced budget, fulfilling our promises of 1995, and it also includes paying off the Federal debt so that our families do not have to send $500 a month to Washington and our seniors can rest assured with Social Security.”