[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 33 (Wednesday, February 25, 2009)]
[House]
[Page H2633]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                INCREASE REVENUE TO BALANCE THIS BUDGET

  (Mr. MORAN of Virginia asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. MORAN of Virginia. Mr. Speaker, America is blessed to be led by 
the most eloquent spokesperson on the planet, but Barack Obama very 
well knows, as we do, that it's not enough to talk the talk, you have 
to walk the walk. The first step on that very rocky road begins 
tomorrow with the budget submission.
  If the private sector is not willing to make the loans, to start the 
businesses, to hire the people necessary to get this economy back on 
its feet, then the public sector has to step up to the plate. But if we 
are going to be faithful to our children's future, then we are going to 
have to pay for the cost of this stimulus package and this budget 
submission, and that means that we are going to have to increase 
revenue so that we can ultimately balance this budget.
  Democrats did that during the Clinton administration, and it worked, 
we generated budget surpluses and people at the highest tax rates 
brought home more after tax income than at any other time in American 
history. I know we have the courage to do that today, but the 
Republican Party also has to come up with a more constructive mantra 
than just saying ``no.''

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