[Congressional Record Volume 152, Number 42 (Wednesday, April 5, 2006)]
[House]
[Page H1460]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                   TIME FOR DEMOCRATS TO TAKE CHARGE

  (Mr. RYAN of Ohio asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. RYAN of Ohio. Madam Speaker, the father of the Republican 
revolution is now saying it has turned into a Republican devolution, 
with $3 trillion in increased debt since President Bush has been 
President. This Nation owes $8 trillion-plus, with $27,000 per citizen 
that they owe back just for the national debt. And this money is being 
borrowed from foreign interests, the Japanese, the Chinese, and OPEC 
countries.
  We are selling off our country piece by piece, Madam Speaker. Borrow 
and spend, borrow and spend, borrow and spend. This President, with the 
Republican bobblehead Congress that just can't say no to the President, 
has borrowed more money from foreign interests than every previous 
President. Madam Speaker, that is an atrocity. That is an assault on 
the American people.
  The father of the Republican revolution says it has turned into a 
devolution and that this government cannot function. Madam Speaker, it 
is time for new leadership. It is time for the Democrats to take charge 
of this House.

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