[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 51 (Wednesday, March 25, 2009)]
[House]
[Page H3840]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




             THE BUDGET AND THE PRESIDENT'S NEWS CONFERENCE

  (Mr. PENCE asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. PENCE. Yesterday, the President of the United States took to 
prime time television in defense of a budget proposal that spends too 
much, taxes too much, and borrows too much, and the American people 
know it. Our Nation is beginning to understand that the President's 
proposed the most fiscally irresponsible budget in the history of our 
Nation.
  It comes at such a difficult time for our country. I recently met 
firsthand with families in my district who are facing these difficult 
times with courage and sacrifice.
  The leaders of Rushville, Indiana, were sitting down around a kitchen 
table at a farm last week, practicing the kind of fiscal restraint and 
determination necessary to make it through these difficult times, and 
the people in all of our Nation want Washington to do likewise. They 
want us to put our fiscal house in order with fiscal responsibility and 
a commitment to grow.
  The President's budget increases spending and raises taxes on almost 
every American household and small business, and invites record 
deficits, and adds roughly $1 trillion to our national debt every year 
for the next 10 years.
  The American people know there's a better way. In the coming hours, 
Republicans will unveil a better solution to pass a budget bill based 
on fiscal responsibility and the principles of growth.

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