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The American people are tired of the out-of-control spending, and they want Washington to get their act in order and stop spending money we don't have.

This is other people's money that Washington is appropriating and spending.

The American people think the government in Washington is too big. That it spends too much. And - and that it's totally out of control. They want something done about it.

Washington doesn't have just a spending problem, or just an entitlement problem, or just a taxing problem. We have a leadership problem. Fix that, and the first three problems are solved.

The mentality in Washington is, 'Look what our government - what our government can do for the American people.' We've got to get away from that mentality, and realize it's too expensive. We can't afford it.

We sincerely believed that we don't tax too little in Washington. We spend too much.

We need a smaller, leaner Washington. It won't happen if we raise taxes without any coinciding reform and serious slashing of spending.

So, the point I'm making is, we are not going to cut spending in Washington if we think it's the job of every congressman and senator is to pave local parking lots and build local sewer plants. These parochial interests are getting in the way of the national interests.

We're going to have to control the spending of government.

Now make no mistake, I think we need a strong dose of fiscal conservatism in Washington, D.C.