[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 28 (Wednesday, February 11, 2009)]
[House]
[Page H1164]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                     CUT TAXES AND CONTROL SPENDING

  (Mr. SCALISE asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. SCALISE. Mr. Speaker, as our country faces tough economic times, 
I think it is very important that we act responsibly to do the right 
thing to address this problem as opposed to what some people are 
proposing, and that is just to ram through something with expediency, 
not worrying about the consequences. I think we don't need to look any 
further than in our past to make sure, as people said before, if you 
don't learn from the mistakes of your past, you're doomed to repeat 
them.
  Let's look at what the Treasury Secretary under FDR said during the 
New Deal. Henry Morgenthau said, ``After 8 years of this 
administration, we have just as much unemployment as when we started, 
and an enormous debt to boot.'' He went on to say about the New Deal 
during the 1930s, ``I have got my responsibility to my country, which 
comes first. We have tried spending money. We are spending more than we 
have ever spent before, and it does not work.'' That is not a 
Republican speaking. That was the Treasury Secretary under FDR.
  Spending massive amounts of money doesn't work. It saddles future 
generations with more debt. There is a better alternative, and that is 
to cut taxes and control the spending like many of us propose.

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