[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 42 (Tuesday, March 10, 2009)]
[House]
[Page H3110]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                              OBAMA BUDGET

  (Ms. FOXX asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Ms. FOXX. Mr. Speaker, I returned to Washington yesterday from my 
weekly visit home, and had the privilege of spending time with many of 
my constituents. They asked that I carry back a message to Washington, 
a simple message: stop the spending binge.
  Right now families across the country are hurting. Many have lost 
their jobs, and many more worry they will be next. Families are 
tightening their budgets and small businesses are cutting expenses. The 
American people are making the sacrifices necessary to weather this 
storm. And yet they hear on their local news that it is business as 
usual in Washington. It is more spending and more taxes from the 
Democrat Congress and from President Obama, who promised a new 
direction.
  The people in my district know we cannot borrow and spend our way 
back to a healthy economy. Let's follow the example set by the American 
people. Let's make the tough choices that are necessary to get our 
economy back on track. Let's start putting fiscal restraint and the 
American people first.

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