, mr. latta pointed out he was the coty commissioner. now, i bet as county commissioner he probably had to pay for what he bought. and he gave the analogy if you got x coming in and you got -- that's what you spend. not x plus y. the fact of the matter is, his party has spent x plus y, plus z, plus a, plus b, plus c. and has run a deficit for every single year they had the presidency during the last 30 years i have been in the congress. without fail. now, what happened to bring us a balanced budget? first of all we had two parties responsible. i don't think we could have done it with just one party, my party or your party. we had two parti responsible. and we constrained one another. an then we had an extraordinary growth in our econo. that's what brought us a balanced budget. but we also adopted in 1990, again in 1993, and in 1997, and i tell my good friend the sponsor of this, sometimes he voted for pay-go, and sometimes he did not. and your party abandoned the principle of paying for what you bought in 2001. may i have one additional

, mr. latta pointed out he was the county commissioner. now, i bet as county commissioner he probably had to pay for what he bght. and he gave the analogy if you got x coming in a you got -- that's what you spend. not x plus y. the fact othe matter is, his party has spent x plus y, plus z, plus a, plus bplus c. and has run a deficit for every single year they had the presidency during the last 30 years i have been in the congress. without fail. now, what happened to bring us a balanced budget? first of all we had two parties responsible. i don't think we could have done it with just one party, my party or your party. we had two parties responsible. and we constrained one another. and then we had an extraordinary growth in our economy. that's what brought us a balanced budget. but we also adopted in 1990, again in 1993, and in 1997, and i tell my good friend the sponsor of this, sometimes he voted fo pay-go, and sometimes he did not. and your party abandoned the principle of paying for what you bought in 2001. may i havene additional minute

, mr. latta pointed out he was the county commissioner. now, i bet as county commissioner he probably had to pay for what he bought. and he gave the analogy if you got x coming in and you got -- that's what you spend. not x plus y. the fact of the matter is, his party has spent x plus y, plus z, plus a, plus b, plus c. and has run a deficit for every single year they had the presidency during the last 30 years i have been in the congress. without fail. now, what happened to bring us a balanced budget? first of all we had two parties responsible. i don't think we could have done it with just one party, my party or your party. we had two parties responsible. and we constrained one another. and then we had an extraordinary growth in our economy. that's what brought us a balanced budget. but we also adopted in 1990, again in 1993, and in 1997, and i tell my good friend the sponsor of this, sometimes he voted for pay-go, and sometimes he did not. and your party abandoned the principle of paying for what you bought in 2001. may i have one additi

mr. speaker. two weeks ago i traveled to fort mcmurray in the province of alberta, canada, with subcommittee chairman john shimkus of illinois and congressman bob latta of ohio of the energy and commerce committee. we were accompanied by the honorable cal zalas from alberta. we were welcomed to edmonton by the newly inaugurated premiere of alberta. the purpose of this visit is to see first hand canadian oil sands and see the positive impact it has for the american people. we were briefed on the keystone pipeline and how this project creates jobs. we saw the environmental stewardship where development is subject to the environmental standards that are among the most stringent in the world. the government of alberta requires their companies remediate and reclaim 100% of the land after the oil has been extracted. this project will connect a growing supply of canadian oil with the largest refining markets in the united states and will significantly reduce america's reliance on oil from overseas as new jobs are created in canada and america. as the oil sands production grows in the next four years, the industry is expected to generate 340,000 new jobs. th