Sen. Shelby: We have decided we are not capable of enduring the consequences of our own actions

Senator Richard Shelby (R-Ala.) it took until 1982 for the national debt to pass $1 trillion. The stimulus bill will add approximately that much in a single year. Worse, he says, today, when the Senate is expected to pass the stimulus bill, "will mark the day when our generation decided that we were not capable of enduring the consequences of our own actions, and therefore future generations must shoulder the burden that we could not find the courage to bear ourselves." (0:51)
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Senator Richard Shelby (R-AL) Speaks About the Stimulus During Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs

Senator Richard Shelby (R-AL) offers his feelings on the stimulus and the problem concerning government spending during a Senate hearing focused on strengthening our economy by solving foreclosure and neighborhood preservation problems this morning. (0:44)
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