Date: 2011-07-20
Speaker: HERRERA BEUTLER (republican)
Chamber: H

Thank you so much. Its a pleasure to be here. This is one of the most monumental times we face as a Nation. We are right now making decisions that are not just going to impact those of us here today but our children and our childrens children. I am so proud to be a part of this body that passed a bipartisan solution to our budgeting problems just yesterday. We passed. like the gentlelady spoke about. a balanced budget amendment. I know theres a lot of controversy happening right now. and its frustrating to watch people posture here in Washington. D.C. Folks back home are sending me emails. and theyre calling me. saying. Can you just get some solutions done. Washington? And you know my what my response is? I completely agree. It is frustrating to watch partisan bickering taking place. And I kind of smile to myself and I think. Just put more women in charge because were going to fight for solutions. And thats what we are here doing today. promoting the solutions that we were able to pass on the floor just yesterday. solutions that require this House. this body. not to spend more money than it has coming in. You know. it shouldnt be a radical concept. It shouldnt be controversial in the least. Every mother watching this. every mother in America. daughter. sister. aunt understands you cannot spend more money each month than you have coming in. no. Women in the household tend to be the decisionmakers when it comes to finances. to health care. to education. to taking care of older parents or family. Women tend to be those decisionmakers. which gives us a solutionoriented bent. which is why were here today saying we are willing to work with anybody who puts a plan on paper to move this country forward. that reduces government overspending. Again. very simple. dont spend more than you have coming in every month. That is a plan to economic prosperity. Dont treat small business ownersmany of whom are womendont treat small business owners as your personal piggy bank. You cant just go back to the cash cow every time you want to spend more money. Its ironic. Margaret Thatcherin fact. I saw this quote. I think it was yesterday. which basically saidIm going to paraphrase her a little loosely. But she said: The problem with socialists is eventually they run out of other peoples money. And thats the reality. Women understand. you just cant live beyond your means for sustained amounts of time. For too long people of both partiesright. Republicans and Democratsoverspent. People of both parties in the White House have overspent. We can talk a long time about what got us here. but thats not going to get us out of the mess. What we need now are our solutions. And the solution that was passed yesterdayagain. a bipartisan solution to cut the overspending. cap future growth of government. and balance our budgetis a solution thats going to get our country on a path to prosperity. Its going to tell job creators. keep doing what you do best. entrepreneurs. keep dreaming. hire more people. In my neck of the woods in southwest Washington. we have doubledigit unemployment. Three years plus now of families hurting. Enough is enough. I encourage the Senate. I encourage the White House to come to an agreement. show us something on paper. Were willing to work together and to negotiate. Were all about making a solution happen for the American people. But lets live within our means. It shouldnt be that difficult. With that. I thank the gentlelady for putting this together. and Im proud to be a part of it.