[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 191 (Thursday, December 13, 2007)]
[House]
[Page H15445]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                               AMT PATCH

  (Mr. McHENRY asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. McHENRY. Mr. Speaker, at $2.9 trillion, the Federal budget is 
bigger than the entire economy of every single country on Earth, except 
Japan. Bigger than the economies of China, bigger than the economy of 
Britain, bigger than the economy of Germany. Just the Federal budget is 
larger than all of those economies.
  So, Mr. Speaker, my friends on the other side of the aisle, I want to 
ask them this question: Out of $2.9 trillion, can't you trim enough 
money to stop impending tax increases on the middle class and every 
American in this country, rather than proposing new tax increases? 
Unfortunately, the actions of this Congress say no, that the Democrat 
majority is intent on raising taxes in order to grow and expand this 
rather large and bloated Federal Government.
  Mr. Speaker, I think it's important the American people know what the 
Democrats in Congress are intending to do, and that is to raise taxes 
and grow government.

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