Florida Sen. George LeMieux delivered his first Senate floor speech this morning, with excerpts in the video above and a full 18:44 video version here.

“We cannot afford the government we have, let alone the government that the majority in this Congress wants,” said LeMieux, who took office last month after being appointed by Gov. Charlie Crist to replace the retired Mel Martinez.

“Our national debt is close to $12 trillion and growing. Every day we spend more than $700 million on interest payments alone. The Federal government needs to address this issue before we saddle our children and their children with a debt that will suffocate our ability to provide government services and our nation’s prosperity.”

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