,,iv  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,h4 ,,res4 #bj  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of 
,,representatives  ,january #d1 #bjac   
,mr4 ,rigell submitted the following    
resolution2 which was referred to the   
,committee on the ,budget1 and in       
addition to the ,committee on ,ways and 
,means1 for a period to be subsequently 
determined by the ,speaker1 in each case
 for consideration of such provisions as
 fall within the jurisdiction of the    
committee concerned  ,,resolution       
,providing that the ,house of           
,representatives is committed to        
restoring ,america's financial          
foundation by achieving a ,federal      
spending target of #bj percent of gross 
domestic product 7,,gdp7 and a ,federal 
revenue target of #bj percent of ,,gdp  
by the end of calendar year #bjbj4      
,whereas the rate of growth in ,federal 
spending over the past decade is #fd    
percent and the rate of growth in       
,federal revenues for the same period is
 #cg percent1 a difference of #bg       

percentage points2 ,whereas the #cj-year
 level of ,federal spending averages    
#ba4a percent of ,,gdp2 ,whereas under  
the current ,administration's plan1     
,federal spending will exceed #bb4h     
percent of ,,gdp by #bjbb2 ,whereas the 
#cj-year level of ,federal revenues     
averages #ag4g percent of ,,gdp2        
,whereas the national debt exceeds #af  
trillion dollars and1 according to the  
non-partisan ,congressional ,budget     
,office1 is expected to reach #bj       
trillion by #bjbb2 ,whereas absent any  
change in policy1 entitlement spending  
will consume all ,federal revenues by   
#bjdi1 according to the ,congressional  
,budget ,office2 ,whereas unfunded      
liabilities in ,medicare are currently  
#cg trillion dollars1 according to the  
,government ,accountability ,office2    
,whereas #aj1jjj ,americans become      
eligible for ,medicare every day2       
,whereas we have a deep obligation to   
ensure that ,medicare1 ,,tricare1 and   
,social ,security continue2 ,whereas it 

is a breach of duty for one generation  
of ,americans to leave the next         
generation with structural deficits and 
debt so large that the financial        
foundation of the ,republic is          
imperiled2 and ,whereas to meet our     
obligation to the next generation of    
,americans1 ,federal spending 7measured 
as a percentage of ,,gdp7 must decrease1
 and revenues 7measured as a percentage 
of ,,gdp7 must1 to a lesser degree and  
principally through growth1 increase3   
,now1 therefore1 be it  ,that the ,house
 of ,representatives is committed to the
 pursuit of policies that achieve a     
,federal spending target of #bj percent 
of ,,gdp and a ,federal revenue target  
of #bj percent of ,,gdp by the end of   
the calendar year #bjbj4