[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 51 (Wednesday, March 25, 2009)]
[House]
[Page H3838]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




            THE AMERICAN PEOPLE DESERVE A RESPONSIBLE BUDGET

  (Mr. COFFMAN of Colorado asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute.)
  Mr. COFFMAN of Colorado. Madam Speaker, President Barack Obama used a 
prime time news conference last night to defend his $3.6 trillion 
budget plan. The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office says the 
President's budget would run up a $9.3 trillion debt over the next 10 
years. This budget spends too much. Middle class families and small 
businesses are making sacrifices when it comes to their own budgets, 
yet Washington continues to spend trillions of taxpayers' dollars on 
bailouts and other government programs.
  The budget taxes too much. It contains the largest tax increase in 
American history. The budget borrows too much. Unchecked spending will 
result in borrowing hundreds of billions of dollars from China and the 
Middle East
  Madam Speaker, the American people deserve a responsible budget from 
their President. This budget will guarantee that our economy will never 
fully recover.

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