[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 38 (Wednesday, March 4, 2009)]
[House]
[Page H2948]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                   PUTTING THE COUNTRY BACK ON TRACK

  (Mr. SCALISE asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. SCALISE. Mr. Speaker, as we start to debate the budget that was 
submitted last week, I think a lot of Americans all across the country 
and a lot of people here in this Chamber have some very serious 
concerns about the direction that this administration seems to be 
taking us in. This rampant spending and tax increases are dangerous to 
our country and our economy at a time when we are having trouble and 
difficulty all across the land.
  The last thing we need is a $1.4 trillion tax increase, over $600 
billion of which would fall on the backs of every small business owner 
in this country, and over $600 billion in the form of a carbon tax, a 
tax on energy, that every consumer in this country would pay in higher 
utility rates.
  This is surely not the time to be raising taxes to the tune of over 
$1.4 trillion on the backs of small businesses and families across this 
country. We need to go in a better direction. We will be proposing 
that, and hopefully the administration will work with us to put us on a 
better path to get our country back on track.

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