[Congressional Record Volume 152, Number 42 (Wednesday, April 5, 2006)]
[House]
[Page H1457]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                           REPUBLICAN BUDGET

  (Mrs. BLACKBURN asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Mrs. BLACKBURN. Madam Speaker, last year the Republicans did support 
the Deficit Reduction Act that reduced $39 billion in Federal spending, 
and yes, indeed, as we are hearing, this is budget week here on Capitol 
Hill. It is something that we are tasked to do.
  I know that a lot of the big spenders would still like to be getting 
rid of that Deficit Reduction Act that we passed last year. It was a 
good bill. We should be doing more like it, as my colleague from Texas 
said.
  Today, conservatives in the House are working to bring to the floor a 
budget that goes after the programs that show little results for the 
taxpayer dollars.
  We have got some great ideas on the table. I would like to see 
further across-the-board cuts. My colleague from Texas, Representative 
Conaway, has a bill that goes after eliminating a program if you are 
going to create a new one.
  Madam Speaker, we Republicans are bringing ideas and putting 
solutions on the table, and we are going to hear more about this as we 
go through the week. We are the party debating how to reduce spending 
at the Federal level. It is what America expects of us. It is what we 
are fighting to make happen.

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