[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 148 (Wednesday, November 9, 2005)]
[House]
[Pages H10115-H10116]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




              DEMOCRATS CONTINUE TO SING THE SAME OLD SONG

  (Ms. FOXX asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. FOXX. Mr. Speaker, I rise today on behalf of the majority that is 
committed to fiscal responsibility. The Democrats' needle is stuck in a 
groove and it is playing the same song over and over: Tax and spend.
  Republicans have already passed a budget that cut $100 million from 
the deficit. Democrats refuse to vote for this budget. In fact, over 
the last 3 years Democrats have tried to bust the discretionary budget 
in the appropriations process by over $60 billion in additional 
spending. Along with the billions more in spending, Democrats also 
offered amendments totaling almost $400 billion in additional taxes.
  I guess it is hard to learn a new tune when the old one is playing 
over and over again in your head.

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  Republicans have recommended the termination of 98 inefficient and 
duplicative programs which would bring American taxpayers a savings of 
more than $4.3 billion. Yet the Democrats continue to obstruct while 
singing the tax-and-spend tune. It is time to change the record.
  The American people have repeatedly rallied against more taxes and 
more spending. It is time we listen to their song.

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