Mark Neumann: “Reclaiming my time, listening to you talk is why it is so exciting. My colleague was here; he cosponsored this…”

“Reclaiming my time, listening to you talk is why it is so exciting. My colleague was here; he cosponsored this legislation, and we said we were going to balance the budget sooner than 2002. We said we were going to lower taxes so people could keep more of their own money and make decisions about how to spend their money instead of sending it to Washington. We said we were going to get Social Security taken care of for our seniors and start paying down the debt. Do my colleagues remember back in 1995, when we first came how they reacted? But we dared to dream. I think that is what is so important for this country and to these young people. Sometimes they have it taken away from them because they hear all of these class warfare arguments where somehow if you do not have a lot of money to start with that you cannot get ahead in this country. And I just point to our own example in my own family where we started with nothing and you can work very hard, and if you do work hard, there is an opportunity to live the American dream. I point to this booklet. I point to our dream that we can balance the budget before the turn of the century and lower taxes at the same time, but getting Washington spending under control, or at least taking a good stab at it. This stuff can happen and it is real, and it has happened in the first 3 years here and there is lots more to come.”