[Congressional Record Volume 150, Number 12 (Wednesday, February 4, 2004)]
[House]
[Page H314]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                    DEFICIT SPENDING BEFORE CONGRESS

  (Mrs. BLACKBURN asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Mrs. BLACKBURN. Mr. Speaker, today I rise to speak on the enormous 
deficit spending that is before Congress this year. It is expected to 
be between $477 billion to $530 billion. As a fiscal conservative, I 
find it unacceptable.
  One of the core values of conservatism is to fight for limited 
government, wise use of taxpayer money, and fiscal restraint. This body 
falls short on being an example of these values. We need only to look 
to last year when we had several opportunities to cut out waste in 
government programs, but did not do so. One prime example is where 
Congress would not pass a simple amendment which would have prevented 
the funding of sexual arousal and porn studies granted through the 
National Institutes of Health. I voted for the amendment which would 
have prevented the use of taxpayer money for these ridiculous studies. 
I think most constituents agree with me on that. Also numerous 
amendments by the gentleman from Pennsylvania (Mr. Toomey) were 
presented to reduce spending by across-the-board cuts. What a great 
idea. We failed to take measures there.
  Mr. Speaker, it is time for us to realize the government will 
continue to borrow for the present by mortgaging the future.

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