[Congressional Record Volume 150, Number 109 (Tuesday, September 14, 2004)]
[House]
[Pages H7079-H7080]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                             BUSH PROPOSALS

  (Mr. PALLONE asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. PALLONE. Mr. Speaker, Republicans are at it again. President Bush 
yesterday attacked Senator Kerry's

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budget plan; yet President Bush has presided over the biggest budget 
deficit in our Nation's history.
  Now it appears all the domestic proposals President Bush listed off 
during his convention acceptance speech will cost $3 trillion over 10 
years. That is at least $1 trillion more than the initiatives that 
Senator Kerry has proposed.
  And despite this huge price tag, President Bush continues to deceive 
the American people by telling them that this can all be done without 
raising taxes on one single American. Over the past 4 years, we have 
gone from record surpluses to record deficits. It is because we have a 
man in the White House and leaders here in Congress who simply cannot 
balance a checkbook.
  It is time for the President to level with the American people. He 
simply cannot afford all these new proposals without either raising 
taxes or increasing the deficit even more.

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