"To immediately cut spending and the size and scope of government, we must also require that any committee legislation scored by CBO have a net cost to taxpayers directly offset by cuts to programs within that committee's jurisdiction. Moreover, we must not tolerate any "offsets" from tax increases.

In the next Congress, at least 235 members will have signed the Taxpayer Protection Pledge. Tax hikes are off the table -- forcing us all to focus on the actual problem: spending."