[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 53 (Monday, March 30, 2009)]
[House]
[Page H4104]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




             FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY RESTS WITH THE MAJORITY

  (Mr. ENGEL asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. ENGEL. Madam Speaker, I applaud the President of the United 
States for making his priorities health care, education, and energy, 
and putting them right in his budget.
  I listened to my friends on the other side of the aisle, and I think 
that they are in no position to lecture us about fiscal responsibility 
given the fact that this President inherited trillions of dollars of 
debt. In the last 8 years we were going way beyond our means in our 
budget. We were spending and spending. So give me a break about fiscal 
responsibility.
  I think the fiscal responsibility rests with the majority here and 
the President, who is trying to do something, trying to make his needs 
the American people's needs and making his budget shape the American 
people's budget.
  So I want to applaud the President and our majority because we want 
to help with education, we want to help with health care, and we want 
to make America energy independent. That is what we are doing. I'm glad 
we are not the Party of No. I'm glad we are the Party of Yes and the 
future.

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