[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 47 (Wednesday, March 18, 2009)]
[House]
[Page H3531]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




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           PRESIDENT'S BUDGET TAKES US IN THE WRONG DIRECTION

  (Mr. PITTS asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. PITTS. Mr. Speaker, the $3.6 trillion budget released by 
President Obama spends too much, taxes too much, borrows too much, and 
wastes too much.
  Today, middle-class families and small businesses are making 
sacrifices when it comes to their own budget, yet Washington continues 
to spend trillions of taxpayer dollars on bailouts and other government 
programs. The spending in this budget is so massive that independent 
estimates suggest roughly 250,000 new Federal bureaucrats may be needed 
just to spend it all.
  Rather than government cutting back, showing restraint, operating 
more efficiently on basic government responsibilities, the President 
proposes to create massive new programs, vastly expanding the scope and 
reach of the Federal Government. The energy taxes alone will cost every 
household over 3,000 additional dollars per year.
  This budget will cost American jobs at a time when we can't afford 
it. The majority of those hit by the new tax increases are small 
businesses, the engines of job creation in our economy. This budget 
takes us in the wrong direction.

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