“The power under the constitution will always be in the people. It is entrusted for certain defined purposes, and for a certain limited period, to representatives of their own choosing; and whenever it is executed contrary to their interest, or not agreeable to their wishes, their servants can and undoubtedly will, be recalled.”

~ George Washington (1787)

Tuesday, February 21, 2012

McMorris Rodgers Delivers Weekly Republican Address

From Congresswoman McMorris-Rodger's official web site
“Hello, I’m Cathy McMorris Rodgers, and I have the honor of representing the hardworking taxpayers of Eastern Washington.  I’m also a mother of two young kids, Cole and Grace, and like millions of other moms across America, I’m concerned about our children’s future, and the economy they’ll inherit.

       “On February 23, 2009, during a fiscal responsibility summit at the White House, President Obama made a promise to the American people.  ‘I’m pledging,’ he said, ‘to cut the deficit we inherited by half by the end of my first term in office.’

       “Well, in the budget he submitted this week to Congress, the president admitted he won’t keep his promise.  He won’t even come close.  Because of the president’s failure to control spending, the government will run trillion-dollar deficits in each of his four years in office.
More at the link.  Good stuff, but it's too bad President Obama won't listen.  Will you?