[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 82 (Thursday, May 17, 2007)]
[House]
[Page H5336]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




  HOUSE LEADERSHIP BENDING THE RULES TO PASS EGREGIOUS TAX-AND-SPEND 
                                POLICIES

  (Mr. WALBERG asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. WALBERG. Mr. Speaker, though I am only in my fifth month of 
service in this Chamber, I have developed a deep admiration and respect 
for the men and women in this body. But, frankly, Mr. Speaker, I am 
concerned that the new House leadership has been inflicted with a 
severe case of amnesia.
  In March of 2005, the then Democratic minority in the House released 
a report accusing the then Republican majority leadership of abusing 
their power through parliamentary tactics designed to suppress dissent. 
The same leadership that published that report over 2 years ago 
pledged, at the beginning of this very year, to run the ``most honest, 
most open, and most ethical Congress'' in history.
  Yesterday these leaders attempted to change a 185-year-old House rule 
to dramatically increase taxes and government spending against the will 
of the minority party and the American people. Is this really the way 
to run the self-proclaimed most honest and most open Congress in 
America's history?
  While House leadership may suffer from amnesia, the American people 
most certainty do not, and bending the rules to pass egregious tax-and-
spend policies will not stand in this people's House.

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