On the recordJuly 22, 2010
There is nothing that is upsetting to more people across the State of West Virginia that I see every day than the overspending, the debt and deficit that is just overwhelming them and this country. But the YouCut program, since its inception, 1.3 million Americans have weighed in on where they think we can cut government spending. Folks from all across America are tightening their budgets. This summer, they're deciding? Can we go on vacation. Can we go for 2 days. Can we go for a week. Can we fly. Can we drive. Should we go out to dinner? Should we stay in? All these are economic questions that we ask in our families every single day, and those are the kinds of questions that we should be asking here in Washington. Where can we tighten our belts and save our money so that our next generations and the generations beyond us are going to have the kind of America that we have and our parents enabled us to have? People are rightly disgusted by the gross abuse, I think, of taxpayer money on pet projects and overbloated Federal programs, but I think we're listening.
