[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 119 (Tuesday, July 24, 2007)]
[House]
[Page H8301]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


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           ``HOLD ON TO YOUR WALLET CONGRESS'' IS AT IT AGAIN

  (Mrs. BLACKBURN asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute.)
  Mrs. BLACKBURN. Madam Speaker, I know this is beginning to sound like 
a broken record, but the ``Hold on to Your Wallet Congress'' is at it 
again.
  In today's latest episode, the liberal leadership has proposed 
another spending bill that will most likely be dead on arrival when it 
hits the President's desk because it shows disrespect for the 
taxpayers' dollar.
  The Democrat Transportation-HUD spending bill provides for a whopping 
$104.4 billion in spending for the next fiscal year, which is more than 
$4 billion in new spending and more than $2.8 billion above what the 
President requested.
  The legislation increases spending for earmarks. And it does fail to 
address the very real solvency issues of the highway trust fund, which 
will face a $4 billion shortfall in 2009.
  The bill is irresponsible, sets the wrong priorities, and adds to the 
already staggering level of additional new spending in the 110th 
Congress.
  The current Congress pledged to curb runaway spending, but instead 
they have moved it to the fast lane and they've set the pedal to the 
metal to see how fast they can spend your dollar.

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