[Congressional Record Volume 150, Number 88 (Wednesday, June 23, 2004)]
[House]
[Page H4768]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                MOUNTAIN OF DEBT FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS

  (Mr. DeFAZIO asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. DeFAZIO. Mr. Speaker, I was pleased to hear one of my Republican 
colleagues precede me and talk about the impact of the debt, the 
growing deficit and the debt. I wish that the folks downtown were 
listening.
  Dick Cheney, Vice President Dick Cheney, has declared that deficits 
do not matter. In fact, he now wants to send the result of this growing 
mountain of debt to an undisclosed location by hiding the fact that the 
United States of America is about to exceed its $7.3 trillion debt 
limit. For the second time in Bush's brief 3\1/2\ years in office, 
Congress is going to have to increase the debt limit of the country, a 
burden that will be passed on for the next 30 to 50 years for future 
generations of Americans. Now they want to do it in a stealth manner, 
by attaching some vague language to a defense bill in the hope that 
they will not have to take a vote on the product of what they have 
created here, which is another couple of trillion dollars of debt for 
the American people.
  They should at least have the courage and the honesty of their 
convictions and bring up the debt limit on the floor of the House and 
vote on it so people can see the product of their economic and tax 
policies, which is a mountain of debt for future generations.

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