commend you and the members of this committee and the staff who have worked diligently to come up with whatible is a wonderfully positive and visionary document and getting us on a path to economic vitality. we're here today to consider a budget which is our positive blueprint for how we can and must address a predictable and looming crisis while putting our nation on a path to future prosperity. american people, as i've on then said, are smarter than the politicians here in washington. they understand that washington cannot continue to spend beyond its means. ignoring this crisis, which we believe the president does, clearly with his budget, is absolutely irresponsible and reckless. that's why we're bringing forth this budget resolution to reduce en broken bureaucracy, and to ensure that taxpayers and job creatorsephar. this budget is a bold vision for our nation's future. it restores fiscal responsibility, by cutting he$5 the first year alone, and trillions over the years to come. it will end the president's annual trillion-dollar deficits -- remember the president's budgets hav trillion-doll