[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 44 (Thursday, March 12, 2009)]
[House]
[Page H3340]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




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                  CONGRESS SPENDING $1 BILLION AN HOUR

  (Mr. SAM JOHNSON of Texas asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. SAM JOHNSON of Texas. Mr. Speaker, folks in America ought to be 
outraged. They have a right to know that Congress has spent roughly $1 
billion an hour since the new President took office.
  Recently, Michael Allen of Politico wrote about a speech in the other 
body. He described a crafty Senator's efforts to express his deep 
concern that the Nation is spending way too much money, and America 
can't afford this free-for-all spending Congress.
  In just 50 days, the Congress voted to spend about $1.2 trillion 
between the stimulus and the omnibus. That amounts to $24 billion a 
day, or about a billion dollars an hour, most of it borrowed money.
  Congress spending $1 billion an hour? Pew.

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