[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 9 (Wednesday, January 17, 2007)]
[House]
[Page H632]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                          A POORLY KEPT SECRET

  (Mr. McHENRY asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. McHENRY. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to pass along some inside 
information to the American people. By the way, this is the most poorly 
kept secret in Congress. Big surprise: The Democrats want to raise 
taxes, again.
  Never mind that tax revenues increased by 11.5 percent last year 
because of strong economic growth, economic growth created by the Bush 
tax cuts over the last 6 years. Never mind, never mind, the economy is 
strong. Never mind that last year the U.S. Government took in more 
revenue than any government in history. Actually, in the history of the 
planet.
  But yet that is not enough revenue for the Democrats' plans, yet they 
talk about pay-as-you-go in order to tax the American people more.
  This is a poorly kept secret, that the tax and spend Democrats are 
indeed still tax and spend Democrats.

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