[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 21 (Tuesday, February 3, 2009)]
[House]
[Page H881]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                    CONGRESS CAN AND MUST DO BETTER

  (Mrs. BLACKBURN asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Mrs. BLACKBURN. Madam Speaker, you know, last week our Democrat 
leadership in this House passed their $1 trillion spending bill, and 
now we will see what our colleagues across the hall in the Senate are 
planning to do with that.
  But, Madam Speaker, I think it's important to note, we Republicans 
know that excessive spending is not stimulus. And last week's bill was 
a spending bill. We know that the permanent way to work through to 
stimulus is to have it targeted, to have it temporary, to have it 
focused and to make certain that it is there to give jobs. We know the 
best way to do this is through tax incentives, tax reductions, 
regulatory relief, making certain that the private sector can create 
the jobs, because there is no economic stimulus that is better than a 
job. That is the best way to do this.
  Now, also, Madam Speaker, the Democrat leadership in this House has 
seen us with a $1.2 trillion deficit for this fiscal year in 2008. 
That's the spending they did in 2008. I mean, swiping those numbers off 
the credit card. They are at it again with another $1.2 trillion, 
adding that to our national debt.
  It is time for everyone to stand up and oppose the Democrat stimulus 
bill.

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