[Congressional Record Volume 152, Number 86 (Wednesday, June 28, 2006)]
[House]
[Pages H4687-H4688]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




   WASHINGTON REPUBLICANS CAN'T IGNORE FACT THAT THEY CREATED RECORD-
                            SETTING DEFICITS

  (Mr. CLEAVER asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. CLEAVER. Mr. Speaker, I am a Democrat, and I am glad about it. 
The reason for this joy is over the fact that the party to which I 
belong is pushing back against this Republican-led Congress and their 
out-of-control spending. Let us take a look at the facts. President 
Bush and congressional Republicans have turned a $5.6 trillion surplus 
into a $4 trillion deficit, a change of $9 trillion.
  This is the most fiscally irresponsible American administration. We 
owe China almost $150 billion. My hope is that we never have to go to 
war with them because I don't believe they are going to finance it.

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  Secondly, it is absolutely unacceptable that the United States is 
borrowing almost all the money they are using to fight in Iraq and 
Afghanistan.

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