2/12/11 Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-UT) Delivers GOP Weekly Address On The Budget

In the Weekly Republican Address, Sen. Orrin Hatch of Utah discusses "the agenda of trillion dollar deficits and an out of control debt" President Obama has chosen.

He says, "The President's proposal for a freeze in government spending might give the White House a nice talking point. But it is a totally inadequate solution to our nation's spending problems...if the President's new budget simply freezes his last budget, he'll stifle job growth by continuing to spend too much, tax too much, and borrow too much."

"It is beyond irresponsible to saddle the next generation of American citizens with the responsibility for paying back our debt," Sen. Hatch warns. "By itself, the President's takeover of the nation's health care system will cost $2.6 trillion. And if this new entitlement is like every entitlement before it, the price tag is just going to grow. Our total debt is over $14 trillion. At over 90 percent of the size of our economy, this is the highest level since 1950."

Sen. Hatch concludes, "Next week, a great debate will begin. The President will send his budget to Congress. And once more Americans will face a time for choosing. Do we accept a future where our children and grandchildren are left holding trillions in IOUs? Or do we get our fiscal house in order, cut spending, and reduce tax burdens on all Americans?"

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[187mamapimpmafia]

187 MAMA PIMP MAFIA

[Oceanno69]

Dims Reps are all the same when it came to this Mess! I have to say one person comes to mind that did NOT ever vote against the constitution that would be RON PAUL!

[JohnRhysMusician]

@Minuteman9112012 I couldn't disagree with you more. He was the tea party before the tea party.

[Minuteman9112012]

I'll teach my children's children about how bad this type of Republican failed in more than all lifetime in power.

I'll try to explain the failure of elected officials as they work in the fields.

[Minuteman9112012]

Thank you for doing such a good job in your lifetime as an elitist.

You left a disaster behind you.

[Minuteman9112012]

Big Government, Blue Blood Republicans are finished.

Time to retire.

[Minuteman9112012]

@JohnRhysMusician LOL! He seems to have been asleep since the 70's!

zzzzzzzzzzz

[JohnRhysMusician]

@Lighthouse724 You're remark doesn't deserve a response.

[JohnRhysMusician]

@Minuteman9112012 I agree with you that he was sort of absent, but he seems to be more energetic. A lot of Republicans were downtrodden during the Bush years. Orrin has been fighting the good fight since the 70's. I don't see the problem with giving him another term.

[Minuteman9112012]

Agreed, Orrin is a good man, but I'm not feeling the passion!

Where was Orrin in the last two years??

I thought he retired already.

Orrin has been in office for a lifetime and disappeared when it was time to take an actual stand

This sounds like a 1980 speech.

Time to retire.