[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]




                    WASHINGTON MUST MAKE SACRIFICES

  (Mr. LEE of New York asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute.)
  Mr. LEE of New York. Madam Speaker, every day western New Yorkers 
tell me what sacrifices they are making during these tough economic 
times. I wish the same could be said for Washington.
  This Congress has already missed two opportunities to impose fiscal 
restraint with the stimulus and the omnibus spending bills. Now the 
nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office tells us that the 
administration's budget proposal will produce $9.3 trillion in budget 
deficits over the next 10 years. As this chart demonstrates, that 
amount represents more than two-and-a-half times the budget deficits of 
the prior administration, which in itself was faulted for spending too 
much.
  Taxpayers will be stuck paying more than $1 trillion in interest 
payments on this excessive borrowing. Today's red ink will bring 
impossible choices for our children and our grandchildren.
  We need to make Washington do more with less, just as western New 
Yorkers have for many years.

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