[Congressional Record Volume 154, Number 44 (Friday, March 14, 2008)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E428]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




        CONCURRENT RESOLUTION ON THE BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 2009

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                               speech of

                            HON. JOE WILSON

                           of south carolina

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, March 13, 2008

       The House in Committee of the Whole House on the State of 
     the Union had under consideration the concurrent resolution 
     (H. Con. Res 312) revising the congressional budget for the 
     United States Government for fiscal year 2008, establishing 
     the congressional budget for the United States Government for 
     fiscal year 2009, and setting forth appropriate budgetary 
     levels for fiscal years 2010 through 2013:

  Mr. WILSON of South Carolina. Mr. Chairman, the Democrats proposed 
budget is tax and spend all over again.
  Instead of preserving tax relief for Americans, the Democrat budget 
includes a $683 billion tax increase. This is $683 billion dollars the 
majority plans to take from everyday American, who are already feeling 
the pinch from rising gas prices, increasing food costs, and credit 
card debt. These horrendous tax increases are meant to pay for the tens 
of billions in wasteful, new Federal spending proposed in the Democrat 
budget.
  And where is the entitlement reform that we so desperately need to 
ensure our children and grandchildren are not saddled with the price of 
our inaction? It is nowhere to be found in the Democrat budget.
  For a majority leadership that sailed into power under the guise of 
change, it is terribly obvious that what this budget represents is 
merely more of the same--more of the same wasteful spending and tax 
increases to pay for it all. Washington does not have a revenue 
problem. It has a spending problem. The Democrat budget has got it 
backwards.
  In conclusion, God bless our troops, and we will never forget 
September 11th.

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