Ron Kind: “I want to commend both of my colleagues here tonight for staying this evening and talking about an issue that is…”

“I want to commend both of my colleagues here tonight for staying this evening and talking about an issue that is incredibly important for the future of the country. We are at a pivotal moment as far as fiscal policy is concerned as a Nation. This time of year when it comes down to budget crunch time and the passing of the 13 appropriations bills, some crazy things happen. Although I am a new Member, I have had a chance to live through one budget cycle already and it is very discouraging to hear some of the comment, some of the talk that is happening, especially what might occur tomorrow in the Committee on Ways and Means, the tax-writing committee in this House, in regards to the tax cut and how that tax cut is going to be paid for. When I was running for Congress and wanted to serve and represent the people in western Wisconsin, I made a promise to them then that I was going to be a fiscal watchdog, that I was going to keep an eye on their tax dollars and try to make fiscally responsible decisions.”