[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 44 (Thursday, March 12, 2009)]
[House]
[Pages H3340-H3341]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                       DIFFICULT TIMES IN AMERICA

  (Mr. PENCE asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. PENCE. Mr. Speaker, during these difficult times, families and 
small businesses across the land are making hard choices to make ends 
meet. Sacrifices are being made everywhere, except in Washington, D.C.
  While Americans are finding ways to cut back, the Democrat Congress 
and our President have gone on an unprecedented spending binge, bailout 
after bailout, a $1 trillion stimulus bill. Yesterday, the President 
signed an omnibus spending bill with an 8 percent increase in spending 
and 9,000 earmarks. And to make matters worse, the administration has 
proposed a massive Federal budget that spends too much, borrows too 
much and taxes too much, and the American people know it. Even a 
distinguished colleague on the Budget Committee said recently: ``This 
is not an easy budget to market, for sure.''
  Well, I say respectfully to my colleagues, the problem with the 
President's budget is not marketing, it is content. The American people 
want Congress to do what they are doing, make sacrifices, be there for 
our neighbors and embrace fiscal discipline and responsible plans for 
growth; not a Federal budget that spends too much, taxes too much and 
borrows too much.

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