[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 47 (Wednesday, March 18, 2009)]
[House]
[Page H3532]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                   AMERICANS DESERVE BETTER SOLUTIONS

  (Mr. TIBERI asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. TIBERI. Ladies and gentlemen, in the coming weeks, we are going 
to debate the budget for the United States of America for the next 10 
years, for next year and beyond. This budget clearly taxes too much, 
spends too much, and borrows too much from the American people. In 
fact, not only does it do that, but for someone like my mom and dad who 
are on fixed incomes, seniors, this will cause their taxes to go up 
every time they fill the tank of their 14-year-old car, turn on the 
lights of their 35-year-old house, or turn up the thermostat to heat or 
turn it down to cool their home.
  This is a huge tax on American consumers, particularly from my State 
in Ohio, with this cap-and-tax issue that is within this budget, a 
debate that we're going to have in this House this month and next 
month.
  Americans deserve better. They deserve better solutions. Republicans 
in the minority here are willing to be part of those better solutions. 
I hope that the Speaker and the leadership of the House will be 
partners with us for those better solutions.

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