February 25, 2019 - Issue: Vol. 165, No. 34 — Daily Edition116th Congress (2019 - 2020) - 1st Session

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                             NATIONAL DEBT

  (Mr. COMER asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. COMER. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in disappointment that, once 
again, the Federal Government is nearing another debt limit. Our 
national debt is a record $22 trillion.
  I blame both parties for this reckless and immoral burden that has 
been placed on our children. We do not have a taxing problem in 
Congress; we have a spending problem in Congress.
  Both parties have lacked fiscal responsibility over the past four 
decades. Both parties have operated in deficits when they were in 
power.
  Mr. Speaker, it will take both parties working together to control 
our spending. Our national debt is the single biggest challenge that 
faces our great country, and, surely, we can make it a bipartisan 
movement to cut unnecessary and wasteful spending while still funding 
our most important priorities of Social Security, Medicare, and our 
national defense.

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