I remember about three years ago when I was telling the people in Wyoming what every man, woman, and child owed, and it was over $49,000. It was almost $50,000. Now, we are at $56,000.

I look forward to us having a budget that passes both houses of Congress that will balance.

What bothers the heck out of me, and should bother us all who care about America being competitive, is we have got poverty rates now amongst kids at 24 to 25 percent.

I hope we do not kick the can down the road.

Our increasing national debt threatens these functions of Government and much more.

we now get to work on a budget resolution by the legal deadline of April 15.

Hard-working taxpayers deserve a government that is efficient, effective, and accountable to them.

It means higher interest rates for consumers, because government is borrowing more, and it means higher taxes for every American.

If we do not stand up to our debt and stop overspending, we will ruin what so many generations before us worked to build.

The President's chronic overspending will make debt boom.

The committee has a significant responsibility. We are required by law to produce a budget resolution.

Together with my House counterpart, I am dedicated to doing all I can to meet that deadline.

In ten short years, we will be spending $785 billion on interest every year.

I cannot help but believe that elected officials ultimately will pay a heavy political price for their indifference to the next two generations.

After adding $7.5 trillion in debt since taking office, this administration proposes to add five-and-seven-tenths trillion more.

We must take responsibility to act with integrity in an open, honest way to solve this problem and start at once.

We will act to control the spending, reduce the deficits, and end the debt.

Our country needs to act. It is time for us to come off the sidelines and get the job done to balance the budget.

I rise today to discuss several issues that I hope Congress will consider in this Congress. First, I intend to work this year to address our Nation's spending problems because I sit up nights worrying about our Nation's debt and how it…

Thank you for holding this hearing.

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